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No. 24787. **ƒ¤Ã¤ ¤Ã¤**±T HONG KONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6,
NANKING DEFENCE
LINES SHORTENED
BUT CHINESE REPULSE ADVANCE
OF ENEMY TROOPS
Shanghai, December 5.
"While the Japanese clarım saat their forces are now only KIKEY kilometres from Nanking and are still relentlessly pressing on to the capital, Chinese reports have it that the Japanese drive has been checked near the village of Lanchen, ten miles to the north- west of Changchow. The latter report adds that the Japanese offensive from Liyang, in the direction of Lishal, has been brought to a standstill.
Chinese forces, following the re-capture of Kwangteh and Sze- an, are now stated to be attacking Langki, north-west of Kwang- teh, and Changing, north-east of Ste-an.
The Chinese counter attacks are reported to have considerably re- stored confidence among the Chin- esc defenders on the right-wing where weakness was noticeable in the last few weeks. This, it was sald, had a bad influence on the left wing but now the situation has returned to normal.
Meanwhile, Nanking's defence ine was further shortened when
AIR LINER IN CRASH
SIR JOHN SALMOND INJURED
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Lonon, Dec. 5. The Imperial Airways uner Cygnus crushed at Brindisi when taking Dif early to-day. The thirteen aboard, comprised six members of the crew and seven passengers. Two are missing and the others are safe. "
The two missing in the crash were found drowned." They were Identified as a steward, Stappani, and Captain MacDonald travelling from Charleville to Australia.
Among injured passengers are Air Marshal Sir John Salmond who left Croydon three weeks ago on.
a tour of inspection on the Im perial Airways' England, India and Malaya air route. He escaped with "a
cut shoulder. Another passenger, Mr. Sharmar had a leg broken and sustained other in- Juries.
The Cygnus is a C Class Empire" flying boat carrying mall and passengers from. Australia to India. She was taking off for Marseilles at the time of the crash.-Reuter. PART OF MAIL SALVAGED The Cygnus sank at. 9.05 a.m. local time after crashing in the centre of the southern shore of the outer harbour. The reason has not yet been ascertained though local officials hope to question Sir John Salmond this afternoon, he being the least injured. Other passen- 'gers were Mrs. Ritchie travelling from Charleville, Captain James and Mr. Lutyens from India, and Mr. Barringer all of whom were only alightly injured. Two divers were able to salvage some of the
mall and freight. Reuter.
the Chinese troops withdrew from Tanyang to Chinklang and Quyung. bul Chinese reports claim that the potions in Tanyang are still in the hands of a small detachment of Chinese soldiers
Japanese reports state that there are now 300,000 Chinese concen- trated on the Nanking front.-- Reuter...
MORE CIVILIANS KILLED
Air Raids Continue In Canton
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Canton, Dec. 8. Seven Japanese planes dropped three bombs on the Tlen Ho Aero- drome
east of Tungshan at 7.50 B.." to-day and killed over ten villagers in that vicinity. After the rald the bombers circled over Honam suburb for some time and then left.
Anti-aircraft guns la different parts of the city went into action but no hit was reported.
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The raiding planes, then turned to the Canton-Hankow Railway Tung and on Yin Ngau, about 30 and dropped seven bombs on Lai
miles north of Canton.
Five other planes again bombed the Canton-Kowloon Railway at Tien Tong Wal and Plogwu. No serious damages were inflicted. — International News Agency.
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-15/18 IT. ON LONDON: 1x. 2.7/8d.
London Silver Market
(From Our Own Correspondent).
London. Dec. 4. London silver prices to-day were down 1/8 as follow:-
Dec. 3. Spot,
19-9/16 Forward........... 19-7/16
Dec. 4.
1937,登拜禮 日陸月弍拾年卅佰玖仟登英 Price
GUNFIRE AUDIBLE IN NANKING
JAPANESE TROOPS REPORTED
NEARING CHINESE
CAPITAL
GUNS IN KIANGYIN FORTS PUT OUT OF ACTION BY CHINESE
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Shanghai, December 5: Gunfire was audible In Nanking to-day as the Japanese forces pressing on to the city made further advances including, it is claimed, the capture of Kuyang which is only twenty-two miles away from the great objective.
The Chinese admit the loss of Tanyang, a radway town regarded as the key to Chinkiang, The Japanese are now in complete possession of Kiangyin Forts but fire from the opposite bank of the Tangise has hitherto prevented the Japanese breaching the boom across the river.
The Chinese assert that all guns in Klangyin Forts were put out of action before the final withdrawal of the defenders. Chinese forces are now completing preparations for the stand outside Nanking but it is believed that the capture of the city is only a matter of a couple of weeks at the very most.
The Japanese claim the capture of the Chinese cruiser Ning. Hal which was built by the Japanese for China and delivered during the height of the Sino-Japanese hostilties at Shangbat bi 1932. They say that the Ning Hal grounded on the north bank of the Yangtze opposite Kiangyin and was seized by the crew 'of a Japanese destroyer who braved a barrage of gunfire-Renter.
Nanking, December 5: Heavy Chinese reinforcements from Cheklang. Anhwet and Kiangsu haye been massed on the new defence line stretching from the south bank of the Yangtze River west of Kiangyin to Ssuanchuen on the Anhwei-Cheklang border, it is learned from milliary sources
After the occupation of Troyang, the Japanese are consolidating their positions prior to their next general offensive.
Only skirmishes have so far taken place between Japanese vanguard and Chinese troops at Tingchwangchen, and Taochuanchen, respectively. 10 and 13 kilometres west of Tanyang.—Central News,
JARDINE SHIP BOMBED
Japanese Raid On Wuhu
B. AND S. HULK
ALSO HIT
Hankow, Dec. 5: Two Japanese bombers and two fighting planes dropped twelve bombs on Wahu at 11 o'clock this morning. The raid-
ers made a direct hit on the Indo- China Steam Navigation Company Limited's vessel Tuckwo (3,770 tons) which is burning furiously, Messra, Butterfield and Swire's hulk and the China Navigation Company Limited's steamer Tatung (2,518 tons) were also hit.
The damage done ashore is un- known but it is feared that the casualties are heavy.
The Tuckwo and the Tatung whose 'crews include three and four British officers, respectively, were each flying Red Erisigns and both, like other British river and coastal ships, have Union Jacks conspica.sly painted on the decks and sides. HMS. Ladybird is at present at Wuhu.
The master of "the Tuckwo is Capt. Allison, The Tuckwo was built in 1904 by the London and
Negotiations For Peace Impossible
Hankow, Dec. 5: Conversations in Nanking between Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ana UT. Uscar Trautmann, German. Ambassador to China, havS concluded. Dr. Trautmann is due back here "to- day. It is understood that the Generalissimo has maintained that
peace negotiations were impossible so long as Japanese forces were exerting armed pressure. There- fore, he proposed the withdrawal of Japanese forces first Reuter.
JAPANESE FORCES RETREATING
Defenders Follow Int
Pursuit-
Chengchow, Honan, Dec. 5. On the Peiping-Hankow Railway front. Japanese troops at Anyang (Pangteh) in north Honan are re- Chinese troops are pursuing the treating northward to Fenglochen,
enemy, who are moving, further northward to Chihsien in southern Hopel,
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Chinese guerilla forces on the right flank located at Lincheng and Chengan are moving up to Chihsien to harass the retreating
MEDIATION OF Japanese forces.
THIRD PARTY
Japan Prepared
To Consider
IF DONE IN SPIRIT OF FRIENDLINESS
In north Hopel, Japanese troops of the second division from Shih- chiachwang are moving southward on the Pelping-Hankow Raliway to reinforce their forces north of Ma- tou station on the same line above Chibsien. They encountered some bands of guerilla forces and fur- ther advance was held up.- International News Agency,
GEN. YEN HSI-SHAN
General Yen Hsi-shan, Pacifica- tion Commissioner of Sharisi, to- day arrived at Pingyao from Ling- feng to direct operations against The next Chinese objective is the retreating Japanese forces.
Chihslen, which is 20 miles north of Pingyao.
Tokyo, Dec. 5. The 'Kokomin Shimbun," in an editorial, says that judging by the. Glasgow Co., Ltd, Glasgow, and is repeated statements of the Japan 18-7/16 330 feet in length while the Ta- ese Government, Japan will be pre- 19-5/16 tung, built in Greenock by Scott | pared to consider mediation of a and Company in 1891, is 236 feet third party if it is done ina in length jutra
friendly spirit and if it does not After inspecting the defences at run counter to the Japanese polley Pingyao. General Ten returned to or direct negotiation between China | Lingfeng. The Japanese com-- and Japan for settlement of the munication lines between Tal- DIESEL an
yuanfu and Chihsien were cut off
Crowd of refugees entering French Concession at corner of of Avenue Petain and Koute de Zikawel
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GEN. CHÁN CHAI TONG
Commended For War
Donation
Chunking. Dec. 5.
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The paper, however, states that by the Chinese guerilla units- it is problematical whether Ger- | International News Agency. many is capable of handling the
Far Eastern question independent-
ly of Great Britain whose co-
European affaira.
EXCITING AIR RAID
OVER CANTON
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will end in failure if the reported It adds that Germany's effort
deference to the policy of Britairi mediation plan be formulated in
Canton, Dec. 5. who has branded Japanese action shortly after 2 pm, when two An exciting air raid took place in China as aggressive.— Beuter.
Upon the recommendation of operation Germany badly wants in Dr. H. E. Kung, Minister Finance, the National Government issued yesterday a mandate com- mending General Chan Chal-tong former Commander-in-Chief of the Kwangtung Provincial Forces, for his generous donation of $7,000,000 to the war chest, which is understood to be the largest in- dividual contribution so for Central News.
ACUTE SHORTAGE OF
Cables
NEWS INDEX
FOODSTUFFS IN FORMOSA Finance Foochow, Dec. 5: Reports re- Leading Articles ceived here indicate that there is Local Diary an acute shortage of foodstums in Mail Notices' Formosa
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The price of rice is said to be
as much as over 20 yen per picul Central Newa. -
Japanese planes 'dropped bombs in the vicinity of the airfeld to "the north of Canton. It is reported that one Chinese plane on the ground of the airfield was demolished. A foreigner in the district at the Page 6.-8./9. time informed Reuter he saw Page 12, 13. ade of the Japanese machines Page 8 dive low over the hangar on three occasions each time opening up with machine-gun fire. The sound of bombs and, anti-aircraft batteries was audible throughout the city for several minutes- Beuter
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TRAIN FROM CANTON Mr. R.G. Howe Sees Japanese Planes Dropping Bombs
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was done to the line and the train was able to carry on without in- terruption. All the bombs fell in open country or in the fields.
Thrills in plenty were experienced by Mr. R. G. Howe, British Chargo d'Affaires in China, and Embassy Party which includes Mr. Douglas Mackillop," Diplomatic Counsellor and Mr. A. D. Blackburn, Chinese Counsellor who arrived in Hong Kong yester- day by special train from Hankow via Canton.
On the journey from Canton to Kowloon, about seventeen miles from British territory, Japanese plahes zoomed overhead, but the train proceedel on its way with- out any attempt to stop. Mem- bers of the party, however, peered cut of the windows and were not a little thrilled to fee bombs dropping a few miles ahead of them. Several misslies are said to have been dropped but no damage
TRADING JUNKS.
ROBBED
Armed Men Navigate Boat After Locking
Up Crew
Two armed robberies on trading junks were reported yesterday to the Hong Kong police authorities. Class 4 boat No. 284W; which left Ping Hoi on the morning. ofDecember ---1---for^^ - Hong Kong with a crew of seven and a cargo of pigs and sweet potatoes, was boarded about 7 p.m. off Kwo Chau Island by five men who went longside the vessel in a small boat. One of the men was arm- ed with a revolver, two with knives and the other with a pike. They packed the crew.. to the
boot. stern-hold and took charge of the
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The master, Leung Lim, in his report, states that he felt the boat strike a rock about 4 a.m. yesterday morning, and when he got out of ashore at Sal Wan. The robbers the hold found that they were
had taken off some hours before with the cargo, a small sum of money and a few articles of cloth- ing, the total value of which.. W28. about $582.
The second robbery occurred about 3 pim. on December "3 off Tung Ku Island in Chinese
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It must be emphasised, accord- ing to Mr.A. D. Blackburn, that there was, no question whatever of any bombs being dropped in the close vicinity of the train or any attempt being made to bomb the train itself.
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BRITISH AMBASSADOR
Sir Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen Leaving For England
The "Dally Press" was last night officially informed that Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, British. Am- bassador to China, Lady Hugessen and their daughters. will be leaving Hong Kong on December 11 by the "Rajputana" for England - where · Sir Engho will complete his 'con- valescence befors returning to China in the early summer.
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R.M.A. DORADO
The Imperial Airway RM, A. Dorado left Hong Kong for Penang at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, carrying 5.031 kilos of freight and 296,398. kilos of mail..
waters, when cargo boat No. 264 was raided by "ten robbers, '3' of whom were armed with revolvers and I carrying a stick of dynamite. The robbers took off the crew into their own boat, and landed them on Tang Ku Island. The cargo boat was later found abandorted on the beach at Castle Peak, Ita cargo of vegetables as well ás an overcoat belonging to one of the crew having been stolen. The total value of the goods was $258.
Japanese bombing of Honam and Canton on November 24, 1937: The body of a Chinese child picked up from the debris by one of the rescue workers. (Photo, Central News Agency).
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