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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1937.
NORTH CHINA WAR
PUKOW BADLY
DAMAGED
Nanking, Sept. 29: Pukow, the southern terminal of the Tientsin- Puków Rallway across the river from Nanking, was badly damaged during the three Japanese alr raids yesterday afternoon,
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Shanghai, Sept. 28. Beyond brief but spirited artillery duels at Yanghang and the North Station areas, and the routine
London, Sept. 27... The personal estate of bombings, by Japanese planes,
Sir comparative quiet prevalled on all Alexander Grant, the Scottish fronts this morning. The Chapel | philanthropist who started life as An investigation, which is still proceeding, reveals that at least sector was the scene of heavy an errand boy and finished at the
civilians were
fighting all night long which, how- led by 10
of a great firm of biscuit bombs dropped during the raid.
ever. produced no substantial manufactures, and who died last Among the places damaged in change in the Sino-Japanese lines. May, has been proved at £1,039,- clude the rallway station, two Meanwhile the situation in the 976. schools
Lotien-Liuhang and scores
front 13 of Chinese
very dwelling houses.
obscure while the Chinese claim Five. bombs dropped in the river they are pressing towards Yang-
20
about 200 metres from a French warship.
Over 20 Japanese planes toon part in the raid yesterday but they did not enter the city as they were intercepted by Chinese pur- suit planes and driver away- Central New..
JAPANESE REPORTS
DENOUNCED
Nanking. Sept 28: Comment ing on Sunday's discovery Of Japanese aeroplanes making ure of the Chinese national Insignia, a Chinese military spokesman said that the discovery was especially timely and enlightening when con- sidered in the light" of a Japan- ese radio report which was broad- cast on Sept. 23 alleging that the Chinese have embarked upon a plan of disguising Chinese aero- planes as Japanese and bombing the nationals and property of third Powers during a Japanese raid or Nanking in order to in- volve neutral Powers in the pre- sent hostilities...
It appears. the spokesman con- tinued. that the Japanese have made careful preparations in this direction by spreading such false
hang.
A Japanese spokesman saya" the Japanese forces advanced about 200 to 500 metres, since yesterday, oe- cupying the Liubang Wireless Station and adds that their ad- vance is very slow in this sector because of the great numerical superiority of the Chinese,
The spokesman claims that the Japanese bombings of the Canton- Hankow Railway bridges yesterday cut a vital Chinese supply Ene through which munitions from abroad are sent to the north and also that Japanese planes raided Pakhol.- Reuter.
JAPANESE LAUNCH FIERCE
ATTACK ON KIANKWAN Shanghai. Sept. 28: What is believed to be another Japanese "big push" started late last night as several columns simultaneously launched a fierce attack on the Chinese Lines in Chapel and Klangwan
It is reported this morning that the Chinese lines remain intact and the Japanese have not been able to make any progress.
Just after dark last night a Japanese combined column pre- ceded by 10 tanks started a gener-
head
The bequests include £40,000 upon trust to pay the income to Mr. Ramsay Macdonald who was A very old "friend of the Grants. The residue of the estate will ac- cumulate for ten years on trust for the benefit of his heirs but...in the event of their predecease, will revert to the National Library for Scotland.--British Wirelem,
CHINESE HOLDING BACK JAPANESE Talyuan, Sept. 28: The Japan- ese have pushed south from Ta- tung and are attacking the Chi- nese positions along the Great Wall at Yenmenkwan, approxi- mately 100 miles due north of Tal- yuan, provincial capital of Sharisi. According to reports received here this morning, the Chinese lines re-
intact main
and the Japanese have made no further progress. despite the fierce fighting which raged through last night.
Meanwhile, Chinese plain-clothes men have advanced to the vicinity of Tatung in northern Shansi and to Kwangling on the eastern bor- der where they are harassing the Japanese rear.
In the eastern sector the Chinese
have recaptured a number of
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reports in advance as a sort ofal advance on the Chinese post-strategic points near Pingying- Undersigned have recoived
smoke screen to cover their own treacherous and unlawful designs. It is fortunate that such degrad- ing tactics have been exposed be- fore any harm is done. likewise it would not be surprising If the Japanese should resort to the use of polsonous gas in their attack in some not distant future, since of late they have spared on pains in broadcasting false reports to the effect that the Chinese de- fence forces have employed lethal gaa at the fronts, the spokesman concluded.-Central News.
JAPANESE SEARCH CHINESE ENVOY ON BRITISH VESSEL Nanking, Sept. 28: An Incident involving a Chinese official repre- sentative being forcibly searched by Japanese police on board a British vessel has Just been brought to light.
were taken prisoners in that area yesterday in addition to the seizure of 60 trucks. one field plece, and 2,000 rounds of am- munition. Another unit of 500 Japanese were surrounded yester- day and dispersed.- Central News.
lons at Hslangyin Road and East kwan. It is claimed to-day that Recreation Road in Klangwan. 300 Japanese soldiers and officers. While fierce fighting broke out in this area another unit moved ca towards the North Station but were driven back with heavy losses, Later in the evening hundreds of Japanese made a frantic at- tempt to capture the Eight Char- acter Bridge in Chapel and the Chih Tze University and Cantonese Middle School in the Klangwani sector. The Chinese used hand- grenades and machine-guns to drive back the attackers,
Firing was clearly audible in the International. Settlement and French Concession last night. Central New
MERCHANDISE IN WAR ZONES REMOVED
CHANGES IN THE CHINESE
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Bhanghai, Sept. 27. Simultaneously with the rein- forcement of the Chinese Army fi Shanghai, the following changes were made in the Chinese com- mand:
Commander Chan Tse Chung hitherto in charge has been suc- ceeded by General Chu Choo Liang. famous for his achievements in the striggle against the Commun-
Instructions
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ABOUT 150 PACKAGES MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
Comprising:--
Pongre Silk, Silk Picce Goods, Embroidered Silk Goods, Embroider- ed Silk Dress, Silk Yarn, Cotton Filet Lace, Cotton Goods, Grass
Chiu, while the Third Army on the (All More or Lexs Damaged eastern side of the Whangpoo river
by Sea-water)".. will be under the command of General Chang Fa Kwel.
General Chan Fa Kwei (Chang
Many truck drivers turned away disappointed at 5 p.m. as the two-
Fah Kwa) is the former Comman- TERMS:-CASH ON DELIVERY. day period allowed by the Japan-der of the famous Iron S'des"
LAMMERT BROS., ese for the removal of cargo and stocks ended at that hour.
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Shanghai, Sept. 28. The Garden Bridge and the area According to information emanat- along the Bund extending as far ists in Central China, and who was ing from diplomatic circles, Mr.aa Nanking Rodd witnessed the recently attached to the General Chang Fu-yun, a councillor at-greatest traffic jam in the his- Staff. tached to the Chinese Delegation tory of Shanghai yesterday, 23 The Second Army, fighting in Cloth, Linen Goods, Embroidered to the Coronation of King George practically every available truck in
North China, will from now on be | Artificial Silk Clothing, etc, etc. VI and Queen Elizabeth, was re- the Settlement and South Boo-
under command of General Chen turning to China by way of the coow Creek joined in the rush to United States and Japan aboard remove food supplies and cargo the Empress" of Japan. When the from wharves and godowns in vessel reached Yokohama on Sept. Hongkew and Yangtsepac. 18, a number of Japanese police boarded the ship and demanded that Mr. Chang's baggage and personal belongings be searched,
and was born in Kwangtung, hal- despite the fact that the Chinese
ling from the Shishing district. He started his career as battalion envoy remained on board during the vessel's stopover in port.
commander of the Guards. Regi- When the Chinese Consul-Gene-
ment at the Generalissimo's Head- ral at Yokohama protested against
quarters in Canton, and played an the illegal search, a foreign affairs every truck was very carefully important role in the Northern
Punitive Expedition in 1928. sectional "chief of the Japanese po- scrutinised by the Japanese
tached to the Central Supervisory lice bureau declared that he had sentries following an incident- yes- reecived orders to make the search; terday when a
Board of the. Central Kuomintang. Chinese cookie, and that during present Bino-after
he toured Europa and America а brass check had been Japanese hostilities Chinese civi- found in his possession, slapped during the last few years, and re-
turned to China in 1936.- Ifans and officials, evèn Ambassa the Japanese sentry, jumped over dors and Consuls, will be subjected the Garden Bridge into the
treatment when Whangpoo necessary. He added that "China bullets. An expert swimmer, the could also adopt such retaliatory Chinese vanished as a Japanese measures" If she wanted..
picket boat was summoned.-- Despite the strong protest lodged Reuter by Mr. Hau Shih-ying, Chinese MANCHURIAN YOUTHS PRESSED Ambassador to Tokyo, to the Japanese Foreign Office, the inci- dent is still unsettled.
to
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LEAGUE COMMITTEE CONDEMNS JAPAN
At-
Geneva, Sept. 27.
-ANTI-PIRACY
Italy And The Nyon
Patrol Scheme
London, Sept. 27.
Technical naval conversations re-
A Paris message reports that British, French and Italian naval After a frank debate, the Com-experts met to-day at the Ministry mittee of Twenty-three passed a of the Navy in Paris. The follow- resolution condemning the bomb- Ing official communique was issued ing of Chinese open towns by later. INTO JAPANESE ARMY
Japanese planes, resulting in loss Nanking, Sept. 28: Many young of life of innocent civilians and Chinese men in Manchuria have declaring that no excuse can be It is the concensus of opinion been pressed into military service made for such acts which aroused here that since China and Japan by the Japanese and have been the horror and indignation of the
apparently maintaining forced to take part in the front-a normal diplomatic relations the line fighting 'la Shanghai, accord- search of official representatives is ing to a report received here from Illegal and not in accordance with a divisional commander at the International Law-Central News front.
are
A
PUKOW BOMBED
whole world.
The resolution will be qubmitted for vote at the Assembly."
During the discussion the at- titude of Britain was supported The report states that a large by France, Sweden and Russia. M. number of Manchurian youths Delbos said that silence will be were lound among the Japanese
in complicity
and
the crime
garding Italian participation in the Nyon Mediterranean Agreement be
gan this afternoon. Monsieur Can- pinchi, Minister for the Navy, presided at the opening sitting and. after welcoming the British and Italian 'delegates, specified, the purely technical character of the Work of the experts and expressed
the best wishes of the French Government for its success. “A
bombed Pukow across the river troops around Jukong Wharf dur- \ civilisation itself would be placed later statement, issued after the
Nanking, Bept. 28. dozen Japanese aeroplanes
ing the fighting earlier in the and attacked the terminus of the
month, railway Tientsin aña also
One of the Manchurian soldiers Chinese warships down river. The revealed that the Japanese are Foreign Office announces that the continuing to press Chinese young civilian casualties on Saturday's
men into the army in the three raids in Nanking exceeded the
ta
in danger if the conscience of the world did not raise. Its voice
this time. Reuter. ́CHINESE COUNTER-ATTACK ON
TIENTSIN-PUKOW, LINE
lasted for two hours, said that the
adjournment of the meeting which experts had met to study the best practical manner of assuring coila- boration of the three.navies in the protection of merchant shipping in' northeastern provinces of Feng- Nanking, Bept: 28: The Chinese the Mediterranean against piratical tien, Kellungklang and Kirin. have launched a counter-attack on attacks and that to-day's session Those who refuse to join are killed the Japanese forces along the had been devoted to the elucidation together with the members of their Tientsin-Pukow line in an attempt 1 of the problem and the preliminary Tokyo: The British Ambassador entire family, he added. "We have to recapture Tsangchow, according exchange of views between repre again called on the Foreign Vice- also been warned that we would to a report received here this sentatives of the three admiralties. Minister in connection with the be shot if we attempted to revolt morning. The new Chinese lines The experts will meet again to- continuation of Japanese air raids; at the front," the soldfør sald. — are now established at Malohpo on Nanking Bruter:
Union News.
carlier estimates and at least two hundred have been killed and wounded.
Central Newar
morrow morning.--- British Wireless Service.