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IN PALESTINE
Bomb Thrown Near Mosque
Jerusalem, July 16. Yesterday afternoon near one of the Mosques in Jerusalem a bomb was thrown among the Arabs who were leaving the Mosque niter prayers. Six Arabs were killed on the spot and 40 others were more or less seriously wounded, the con- dition of many of the latter being critical.
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The People's Political Council. People's Political Council. in ac-streets to facilitate the search for therefore decided, arstly to streng-cordance with the initiative of the culprits but up till now no trace of then military discipline, Improve Kuomintang. had demonstrated the güllty has been discovered. strategy and mobilise all Chinese the newborn unity of the Chinese News of this new bomb atrocity capable of bearing arms; secondly people which, since the Japanese caused tremendous excitement in to lay a new political foundation Invasion had grown stronger and the whole city and necessitated a for a democratic government in stronger. Mr. Wang closed his ad-
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BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGED funds available for the war and increasing strength until the day
In Safed new incidents occurred to utilise all capable men to be when China had regained posses-in which British troops had to found among the whole Chinese slon of her complete liberty and make use of arms. One Arab was people in the task of increasing independence.
killed and an English policeman production and improving Chinese A total of 162 out of the 200 wounded, A state of alarm was currency as well as establishing a members of the People's Political proclaimed in Safed also. Chinese autarchy in the sphere of Council took part in the nine-day The victims of the latest bomb munitions and war material session. each member receiving as outrage in old Jerusalem, accord- remuneration for that period 350 ing to the latest official report yuan which, however, was imme Issued yesterday night, number Almost all the leading states-diately returned to the Govern-eleven dead. five seriously and men of the Chinese people who ment as contribution towards the twelve lightly rounded.. Among attended the closing session of the war fund, two members of the the dead are five women and two Counell were present when Mr. council each giving another 10.000 children." Wang Ching-wel declared that the yuan as well-Transocean),
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STRONGER UNITY
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GUERILLAS IN MENTOUKOW
Chengchow, July 16,
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been
JEWS GUILTY! British troops and police ometals equipped with "steel helmets were posted with machine guns at all strategically important points in old Jerusalem and at the Jaffa gate. The police examined all pedestrians to ascertain whether Slan. "July 16.
The menace of Chinese guerillas they were in possession of arms. More than $90,000 were donated around Mentoukow, a coal mining As all victims of the bomb outrage by people from all walks of life town, about 17 miles west of Pei-were Mohammedans it is assumed here during the recent Offer ping. is giving increasing worry to that the deed must have
committed by the Jews. Gold" movement. The money, to-the Japanese, gether with that collected in other Escorted by four planes, a thou- All inhabitants of Jerusalem are districts in Shens, will shortly be sand Japanese Infantry, and artil now required to be indoors by six lery men were sent train Peiping o'clock. News from Haifa state remitted to the Government.
The "Offer Gold" campaign in on July 12 in an effort to crush that outrages occurred there also Wuchow netted more than $20,000, the guerillas occupying Shihching-on Friday resulting in deaths and it is now revealed. Among the shan on the Peiping-Mentoukow injuries. Houses were also set on
coal railway. The Chinese lay in fire.-(Transocean). largest donation was one for $5,000 from the local grocerers' ambush. When the Japanese ar- rived, they suddenly, attacked them from several sides. Over 100 PEASANTS ATTACK Japanese were slain. The rest withdrew.
Union. (Central News).
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Chengchow, July 18.
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Sections of rails near Mertoukow
Shangcheng, July 18. have been torn up, and many elec. Two Japanese planes were wreck- tric wires or the Mentoukow led on the ground and more than Power Plant, damaged by the 10 Japanese killed on Wednesday Atter driving away the remnant guerillas
when Chinese peasant corpa at- Japanese. Chinese troops. com- It is reported that large num-tacked the Japanese at Ecfel in pletely re-occupied Tunghsu and bers, of irregulars in Japanese em- central Anhwel~~(Central Newa). Chunstenchen, respectively about ploy have turned over to the
50 and 25 kilometres south of Kalteng in Honan, yesterday. The Japanese retreated eastward.
In west Shantung, Kuyeh, Ho-j tseh and Tingtao are also cleared Tungmin- of Japanese. troops.
hslen, west of Hotseh, was retaken by the Chinese in a counter-attack on Wednesday.-Central Nws).
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Shangcheng, July 18,
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The enemy machines were sighted over the Anhwel-Hupeh border at 10 pm, when an air raid alarm was given. Several groups The Japanese garrison at Shih-of Chinese planes immediately men station on the Tientsin- took to the air and dew along the Pukow Railway, ..51 kilometres Yangtze River to meet them, south of Pengpu, was totally anni- Beeing the Chinese preparedness. hilated in a surprise night raid the Japanese planes turned back staged by Chinese guerillas on after dumping their bombs in the July 12(Central News).
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Heavy fighting has been resumed near Hukow and the Poyang Lake, when Japanese gunboats and speedboats opened a fierce at- tack, supported by airplanes.
The Japanese are at the present fortifying their positions on the South bank of the Yangtse and from where the Chinese military circles consider the Japanese will launch their new offensive in the direction of Nanchang-Changsha or from Kluklang, westwards to- wards Slenging, with the object of cutting off the railiny communi cation between Hankow and Canton and holding up the river traffe on the Yangtse.
In order to achieve this objec- A few moments afterwards tive eJapanese troops would the Chinese pursuit planes en- have to occupy the dificult, hilly razed the Japanese machines terrain where, the Chinese · have in an aerial battle in which, it constructed numerous strong forti- is reported by eye-witnesses, fications and it appears that the five machines were shot down. Chinese Command is taking all the According to the military cir precautions to resist thrust cles, the Chinese pursuit planes which would "decide the fate of brought down three Japanese Hankow.
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