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MAGNIFICENT FIVE-WEEK RESISTANCE
JAPANESE LANDING NEAR BIAS BAY
LACKS CONFIRMATION Exciting Battle Off Bocca Tigris Forts
Canton, September 14: A rumour that the Japanese have effect- ed a landing in the vicinity of Blas Bay Jacks confirmation In official sources in Canton who consider it most unlikely. The proba- bility is that the story gained ground following Sunday's aerial and naval bombardment of Samun Island when Japanese marines at- tempted to land but were repelled,
H.M.S. Moth, with the Senior Although a number of foreigners In Shameen
Omcer aboard, made declared that they Naval
short routine inspection trip down
to-day river
returning shortly after 4 p.m.
heard intermittent gunfire from down river this afternoon it is learned offelally that no engage ment has taken place in vicinity of Bocca Tigris Forts since the early morning.
the
It transpires that a salt preven- tive cruiser which has been an- chored off Bocca Tigris Forts since the hostilles commenced played a prominent part in this morning's exciting battle being hit on four occasions by Japanese shells but suffered no severe damage. The small guns of the Chinese vessel bravely responded registering
three direct hits. The Chinese captain considers that the Japan- ese loosed of 60 shells during the course of the bombardment.
RED CROSS
WORKER HERE
Swiss Officer For North China War Zone
CHINESE WITHDRAWAL FROM SHANGHAI GREETED WITH SYMPATHY AND ADMIRATION
TIME STILL REMOTE TO GUESS EXACT NATURE OF THE JAPANESE AIMS
LONDON, SEPTEMBER 14.
THE CHINESE WITHDRAWAL FROM SHANGHAI IS GREETED EVERYWHERE WITH SYMPATHY ADMIRATION FOR A MAGNIFICENT FIVE-WEEK RESISTANCE AGAINST WITH COUPLED а
THE OVERWHELMING WEIGHT OF JAPANESE METAL, AN INDICATION OF THE POPULAR IN- 1EREST IN THIS IS THE PROMINENCE GIVEN TO CHINESE NEWS BY THE POPULAR PRESS WITH HIGHLY COLOURED WORDS AND PICTURES FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS WHICH, NEVERTHELESS. ARE CALCULATED TO INCREASE THE RESPECT FOR THE GALLANTRY OF THE CHINESE TROOPS.
DAILY CABLES FROM THE DAILY HERALD CONSPICUOUSLY SCORED, OBTAINING MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK, EXCITING FLEET STREET'S COMMENDATION AS SPECIMENS OF 'EXCELLENT JOURNALISM OF GOOD NEWS VALUE. MILITARY OBSERVERS ENDORSE THE WIS- DOM OF THE CHINESE WITHDRAWAL AND EXPRESS ASTONISHMENT THAT THE JAPANESE- LEARNT NOTHING FROM 1932 AND RECKLESSLY COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO AN IDENTICAL ADVENTURE OF NO STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE WHICH HAS ALREADY COST THEM MOST DENLY, .
Anxiety was felt due to the de- Hong layed appearance of two Kong vessels, one of which was the river steamer Taishan, this afternoon but they eventually ar- rived some hours later. They were held up due to low water.- Reuter.
Enquiries from Mr. H. A. da Luz. Secretary of the Hong Kong. Can- ton and Macao Steamboat Com- pany. elicited the information that the "Taishan" was "stuck at the Talsek Sand Bar due to very low water" and that she was due to arrive in Canton at 7 p.m. yester- day.
JAPAN'S ATTACK
ON CHINA
The Chinese withdrawal, it must be frankly stated, is not a sign that foreign powers are - tervening, while isolationist and pacifists continue to dominate the American policy. Offelai circles opine that the time is still remote when it will be possible to guess the outcome of events and the exact nature of Japanese alims of which possibly even Tokyo has not yet a clear conception. It is universally Held. however, that North China remains the principal Japanese interest and the centre of Japanese objective.
The Manchester Guardian" says at the end of two months of war in China, that it is possible to draw only one conclusion, that the main Japanese effort will be made in the North and not Shanghai. Whether China is beaten to her knees or not Japan must always consider the possibility of war with Soviet Russia. Her first concern, therefore, should be to drive a wedge between Russia and China and secure defensive positions in the mountains on the north west.
The "Manchester Guardian" says the Japanese operations and It is undeniable the Japanese have perilous length of communications. already achieved considerable suc- The conditions of a plain moun- cess in North China but they have tain provide the Chinese ample
When War Is Not War yet to defeat the main Chinese facilities for guerilla warfare in
which they excel. The Chinese cannot drive out the Japanese but can waste their strength. The real test will come in the winter months won against the guerilla forces-Japan will then probably have which proved so stubborn in Man- 350.000 men on' all fronts. That is chukuo.
Country
they have
army and meet the famous com- munist armies which are now pre- (The following letter was writ-paring to harrass the invaders and ten to the Editor of the "Manches- secure the ter Guardian" by Mr. A. Morgan Young, formerly editor of the TO STUDY SITUATION "Japan Chronicle," Kobe.)
FIRST HAND
Col. C. E. Watteville of the Swiss Red Cross Association, arrived in Hong Kong yesterday from Switzerland en route to Shanghat "to study the situation and the need for medical aid to the wound- -ed of the Sino-Japanese War.
In an interview with our repre- sentative. the Colonel said that he was appolated to undertake this mission by the International Red less Cross Committee at Geneva than two weeks ago
In answer to a question as to what steps the Committee had taken, he replied that at the pre- sent moment he had not formed
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Str. I notice among the reports from China that the Japanese au-
thorities, in expressing their luke warm regret at the wounding of the British Ambassador, point out that it is naturally dangerous to travel about in time of war. But hitherto they have been declaring that they are not at war. In this connection, may I inflict an anec- dote which perhaps will throw little light on the Japanese point. of view?
On one of my rare visits to To- klo a resident journalist took me to the regular meeting at which the head of the Intelligence Bureau of the Foreign Office tells the foreign Journalists the news and replies to questions that they (Continued on Back Page)
Japanese leaders at the invasion' of Shanghai. Rear-Admiral
· Okuchi (left), commander of the Japanese naval landing party,
and his chief of staff, Captain Takeda,
a considerable army to maintain in a foreign land. the size of The Japanese does not best cold-weather
The Morning Post features an article from a special correspon- Europë.
make the dent recently from China, em-
soldier." phasising the enormous
area
SIR WILLIAM HORNELL
of
Donation To Relief
Fund
Having seat $20,000 recently to Shanghal for the evacuation of Cantonese refugees up North, the Hong Kong Chinese Refugee Relier
are
THANKS
interview with a
In an representative of "The Hong Kong Daily Press' yesterday, Dr. Wu Lan-teh, the famous medical expert of China, paid tribute to the work of "The Hong Kong Daily Press" in. connection with the present Sino-Japanese war.
"You have been very good,'" said Dr. Wu, "and your paper be should find the support it
'deserves.'
Association has forwarded a fur- ther sum, of 815 000 for the relief of the remaining 10,800 Cantonese who
still waiting to evacuated.
A further sum "of $10,000 was despatched to the Central Relle! Society at Nanking. So far a total of 860.000 has been sent North. but further funds are urgently
The ability to hold out in respect of munitions is everywhere regard- ed as the chief crux: In this con- nection the Chinese papers' demand for a formal declaration of war does not meet with much support. as it would confer little apparent advantage to China and would automatically entitle the Japanese
to the right to search ships where- as at present it is believed that Japan does not desire to interfere with foreign shipping apart from verifying, their nationality.-- Reuter.
CHINA'S URGENT
APPEAL
Medical Men And Supplies Needed
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QUESTIONS OF GENERAL
POLICY
Survey Of World Affairs
"Questions of General Polloy was the title of the talk, in the "World - Affairs" series, broadcast from Daventry last night. The speaker on this occasion was Mr. H. Wickham Steed and his broad- cast. which lasted some 15 minutes, dealt with the Spanish civil war, the piracy question in the Mediterranean and last but not least, the Far Eastern crisis,
"The world is in a bad mess to-day," was his opening sentence, and perhaps in those eight words he "summed up the position far better than anybody else has done se far, for it can- not be dented that since those dark days of 1914-1918, the world. has never been plunged luto such a state of confusion.
Out of the trouble in Spain, i nection Mr. Wickham Steed men-
said the speaker, has come the question of piracy in the Mediter- ranean, and while this piracy may or may not be suppressed, the Powers of the world are confront- ed with another problem, which is
less
Sino- Important-the Japanese conflict. In this con
no
tioned the wounding of the Brush Ambassador and he sald that though the Japanese Government had tendered some sort of apology, the question has not yet been settled.
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THE SPANISH WAR 10,000 Insurgent Troops
Killed On Aragon Front
London, Sept. 14: The Valencia Government admits that they are unable to assist Asturias who are hard pressed by the Insur- gents on the Gijon front, but claim to have advanced on the Aragon front alter a fierce encounter in which 10,000 Insur- Government losses totalled gent troops were killed while the 3,000-Router's Bulletin Service.
FROM ALL FRONTS
Latest Reports On Situation
HONG KONG AND ·
THE REFUGEES
Warm Tribute By Rotarian
of
Mr. F. C. Millington, head The following report, on the Millington, Ltd., the well-known latest phases of the Sino-Japanese Shanghai and Hong Kong adver- conflict,"was received by an au- tising and publicity business, gave thoritative source in the Colony Hong Kong Rotarians some im-. yesterday, and throws an interest-pressions of the early scenes in ing light on the situation:-
Shanghai, following the Sino- HOPE-CHAHAR FRONT: Japan Japanese clash there just over a ese claim the capture of Tatung month ago, at the weekly Rotary which is probably correct.
They tien
meeting yesterday at the (Continued on Page 9) Hong Kong Hotel.
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Concluding his talk Mr. Milling- tan pala tribute to the people of (Continued on Page 9)
NEWS INDEX
Amusement
Cables
(From Our Own Correspondent),
London, Sept. 14. London allver prices to-day were up 1/16 for "Spot" and changed for "Forward," as follow: Radio Programmes
Sept. 13, Sept. 14. Shipping 10-7/8
The great urgency in the need medical men, male for trained nurses and medical supplies for the Chinese arines who are putting up such a vallant aght against the overwhelming superiority of Japan- ese and equipment, was stressed by Dr. Wu Lian-teb, one spot........ of China's greatest medical person- Forward. alites, in an interview with "The
arms
Hong Kong"Daily Press" yesterday
at the Hong Kong Hotel.
Dr. Wu Lian-teh, a product of
necessary. The high cost of living THE WORLD LOOKS ON the Penang Free School and Oxford
is making life Impossible for the many Cantonese who are stranded in the war areas, for even if the refugees escape death by bombing, they have yet to face the agony of death by starvation. In fac
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CHINESE RECAPTURE
KALGAN
Nanking, Sept. 14; It is officially
announced that Chinese troops
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University, is a medical man of This is the heading of the Lead-
world renown. Many years ago he ing Article, on Page 8, in which
gave up a lucrative practice in the Editor discusses China's appeal Pepang, Straits Settlements, where
to the League.
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JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FIRMLY
OBJECT TO INTERVENTION
BY THE LEAGUE
TOKYO, SEPT. 14: OFFICIAL CIRCLES ARE SILENT: OVER THE have recaptured Kalgan. The au- CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S APPEAL TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS thorities are rushing engineers and THOUGH IT IS. UNDERSTOOD THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERN- equipment to Kalgan to restore MENT FIRMLY OBJECT TO INTERVENTION BY THE LEAGUE.
AND telegraph and wireless communica- PRINCE KONOYE, THE JAPANESE PREMIER,
ME, KOKI tions. It is also announced that HIROTA. FOREIGN MINISTER, HAVE RETTERATED THAT JAYAN Tatung, in North Shansi, is still in OPPOSE ANY INTERVENTION BY A THIRD PARTY.—EEUTER'S Chinese hands-Router.
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A FAR EASTERN CONUNDRUM: WHEN IS A
WAR NOT A WAR?
Guns, tanks, aeroplanes, warships, and machine guns all in it, with thousands of casualties, seem to make a very good iltailor of a war in China, except for the Japanese, who assure us there is no war. This will be good news for the dead and wounded. (From "The Bulletin ");