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EXTENSIVE USE OF TEAR GAS BY THE JAPANESE Chinese Are
Chinese Are Forced To
Abandon Their
Positions On Chihu Lake
Juichang, August 22.
LARGE-SCALE, USE BY JAPANESE FORCES OF GAS BOMBS has forerd the defenders of Chowkialung and Centipede Hill, on the east bank of the Chihn Lake, to abandon their positions after a gallant stand yesterday afternoon.
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The Japanese used tear gas shells so extensively that for a time the densely forested hilisides were hung" with a thick chloric cloud of lurid blue, causing violent fits and terrible corrosion of eye and ¦ ear membranes to hundreds of Chinese soldiers.
The Japanese opened their attack in two columns shortly before noon yesterday with a combined force of more than 3,000 men. They were repeatedly repulsed with heavy losses before tear gas bombs were resorted to.
At the same time, the Japanese
chemical unit was brought into
action, Japanese artillery torces rained tors of heavy explosive on the Chinese positions while squa
bombs drons of planes dropped
from a low altitude. The Chinese defenders were practically wiped
order was out before
given for their withdrawa).
Chinese forces by two o'clock yesterday afternoon had taken up their new positions Joining Tsaokiashan, Yuantzeshan, and Takungnao with Talkianang.." Flerce fighting raged throughout | last night and this morning along the new line, with the defenders clinging stubbornly to their posts. Strong retaforcements are being rushed to stem further Japanese advance.
On the north bank of the Chihu Lake. Chinese forces have also
Keeping Out Japanese From Shensi
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Sinn, Ang. 22. Declaring that the defence of the Northwest provinces. Is Just as important as the de- fence of the Wuhan area, Gen-. eral Chiang Ting-wen. Chair- man of the Shensi Provincial Government, told a Central News representative in an in-" terview yesterday that every effort will be made to prevent the Japanese from crossing the Yellow River from Shansi “in- to Shensi
All Yellow River crossings, he
Confident On Yangtse Front
JAPANESE WILL MEET
FATAL BLOW
Shanghai Aur. 23.
high Chinese commander who is on the Yangtse front expressed optimism in an in- terview concerning the present situation. He stated that the Chinese have rectified their weak points experienced at Hsuchow, and have "improved to such an extent that he be- lieved
that the Japanese would meet their fatal blow in the mountain ranges further west.
He revealed that the situation in the north of the Yangtse will be more tense than in the south, (owing to the fact that the Japan- eso have concentrated over 150.000 men in the areas troin various polnis nearby, and that there are, only 20,000 men left in the south, "As to the preparedness of the Chinese, he revealed that there is Lo fear where the Chinese is con- cerned, and added that the Chi- nese in the north have taken the offensive instead of the defensive, and that progress has been made.-(International)."
COLLISION IN
NEW YORK ·
Many Casualties
New York, Aug. 22. Three persons were killed and 30
shifted their positions from Chu- revealed, are strongly guarded by injured in an underground colli-i chun, to points further west where chinese forces, and the Japanese sion in New York (Reuter). new. defence work bave been will have a hard time in attempt- erected.
ing to cross.
MADAME SUN DOOR NOT CLOSED TO FURTHER
IN CANTON
Mme. Sun Yat-sen, widow of the famous Kuomintang leader, who visited Cantor for the first time since 1926, is seen walking off the gangplank (X) of the is. Fatshan amidst the rousing wel- come of officials and civilians as she arrived from Hong Kong on August 20.—(Central News Photo).
Promotion Of World Peace
Shanghai, Aug. 22.
A Havas dispatch from Paris says that French political cir- cles believe that Mr. Cordell Hull's speech, advocating inter- national co-operizon for the curbing of lawlessness, tends to strengthen the position of France, and Great Britain and must be regarded as a new factor for the promotion of world peace.
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Magnificent Batting
Local Girl's Success
MISS AILEEN HYNES
JOINS D'OYLY CARTE COMPANY
News has been received in the Colony of the recent suc- of Miss Alleen Hynes, C635 younger daughter of Mr. T. Hynes, former · Superintendent of Malls here.
NEGOTIATIONS
French Press Comments
On Franco's Reply To The British Plan
SOVIET WILL · RAISE DIFFICULTIES.
Parls, August 22.
It is stated that the official text of General Franco's reply to the suggestions contained in the British plan was communicated yesterday evening by the British Ambassador to the Qual" d'Orsay, "
Quarters connected with the French Foreign Ministry take the view that the reply does not close the doors to further negotiations, which in the opinion" of French official cireles, are more neces- sary, than ever. Those circles and also the press in general, stress the importance of General Franco's declaration regarding the in- tegrity of Spanish territory.
NEGRIN NOT GOING
TO LONDON
Le Matin is of the opinion that 1 the replies of both warring : par- ties are equivalent to the accep- tance on principle of the British plan and that it ought not to be dificult for
to the Committee reach an agreement concerning General Franco's demand for a recognition of belligerent rights.
"The
that the paper. foresees Soviet delegate will raise áimcul- tles. Whereas all Right Wing that there is no foundation in the
and moderate papers. warn
that the Republican Prime French Government against the Spanish
the
Le Matin
rumours
Paris August 22,
announces
today
Minister, Senor
danger of ceding to the Socialist Negrin, would travel to Paris and
London. Communist pressure in the mat-
Miss, Hynes, who attended-ter of opening of the Pyrenean It is learned from the French,
the Central British School, left
In 1932 to study vulce and music at the Royal College of Music in London. :
After several years of study an unfortunate accident to a ligament (Continred on Paz: 9)
By Hutton
In Final Test Match At The Oval
Five Japanese "launches, fully The Shens Chairman further loaded with bluejackets, broke into revealed that the, Mohammedans. the Chihu Lake yesterday and Mongolians, Tibetans as well as the were looking for a weak point on Chinese in the Northwest are" all the Chinese defence positions united against the Japanese, ashore to land. "Strict precautions; Many are being organised and Are being taken to repulse the given military training to ‚aŭg-|----- Japanese landing attempts (Cen-ment the power of resistance of the tral News).
country, he said. (Central News).
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WARM WELCOME FOR
HUNGARIAN REGENT
FUEHRER AT RAILWAY STATION: HANDS BOUQUET TO MME. HORTHY
Kiel. August 22.
The Hungarian Regent, Admiral Horthy, arrived here by train. "shortly after 9 o'clock this morning at the gaily beflagged principal
railway station where he was welcomed by the Fuehrer, who was ac.. companied by the German Foreign Minister. Herr von Ribbentrop. the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Admiral Raeder), the Chief of the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces (General Keitel). the Commander-In-Chlef of the German Army (General von Brau- chitsch) and numerous Reich Ministers and regional leaders. greeting the 'Regent, the Fuehrer handed a beautiful bouquet of lilles of the valley to Madame Horthy.
The distinguished visitors were then conducted by Hitler along the platform where a naval Guard of Honour was drawn up. Immense crowds outside, the station gave the Regent and his wife an extremely
enthusiastic welcome when the the visitors lett Main Hall, which was a sea of Húngarian and Ger- man flags. the picture outside being just as brilliant.
After
Amidst the deafening cries of welcome from the people outside the station and lining the streets Admiral Horthy and the Fuehrer drove along the harbour to the yacht Nixe under a cloudless sky. Almost the whole of the German Navy was lying at anchor in the harbour and all warships were bes decked with flags and carried the Hungarian battle standard at the topmast proclaiming German- training. ships Schlesien and Hungarian friendship.
Schleswic Holstein, the cruisers Battleships are represented by Naemserg. Leipzig Koeln. Koe- the Gneisenau, Deutschland, Ad-nigsberg and numerous destroyers miral Grat Spee and Admiral and torpedo-boats and auxillary Scheer. Other units are the cadetships-(Transocean),
ADMIRAL HORTHY
SCOREBOARD
ENGLAND-1st Inns.
Hutton, not 'out
Smith
300
Edrich, 1.b.w., O'Reilly
12
Leyland, run out.
187
Hammond, lb.w., Fleet-wood-
59
0
·1
40.
35
Paynter, 1.b.w.. O'Reilly Compton, b Walte Hardstaff, not out
Extras
Total (for 5 wkts.)
Foster's 35-Year-Old Record
Broken
BRADMAN'S 334 IN DANGER
Sensational batting by Lesie Hutton of Yorkshire, protege and 634 pupil of Herbert Sutcliffe. In the course of which two English Test records, one of 27 years' standing, and the other of 35, were broken. has put England in a virtually unassailable position in the foal Test Verity, Wood, Farnes and Bowes match being played at the Oval, close of play yesterday finding her to bat.
Fall of the wickets:-1 (Edrich) with a total of 634 runs for five wickets. for 29: 2 (Leyland) för 411: 3. (Hammond) for 546; 4 (Paynter for 547; 5 (Compton) for 555.
Hutton, who has proved himself the greatest English discovery since. Wally Hammond, first took part, in a partnership of 382 runs for the second wicket with Maurice Leyland, beating by 59 the highest English partnership for any wieket, but falling short by 69 of the world Test record of 451 by Bradman and Ponsford (also for the second wicket). He then proceeded to break R. E. Foster's
GUIDE TO THE NEWS record of 287 runs at Sydney in 1903-04, the highest score made
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by any Englishman in a Test Match.
At close of play he had reached the 300 mark, the first Englishman' to do so, and. bot the heels of Bradman's "unbeatable" · 334, set up at Leeds in 1930.
Was
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Page 3.-Unnianifested dollars con- fiscated. Old man bound and assaulted. Possession of re- volvers. Health returns. Fago 4-The Services. Britain's air scrvices. U.S. Army's new rifle. Fage 5. Cinema notes and news. strained a leg muscle and had to Crossword. Today's screenings retire for the rest of the day. E. 8. Diary of local events.
Just before tea-time Fingleton
Faze 6-Franco wants belligerent White taking his place.
rights. M. Daladier's appeal
Despite, the threatening weather
ENGLISH RECORD GOES Hutton twice drove Flett- wood-Smith brilliantly to the off-boundary, and a crowd e- timated at 25,000 ̋applaudeā the breaking of the record. English partnership for any wicket in Tesis, the first wicket record of 323 put up by Hobbs and Rhodes at. Melbourne in 1911-12. The latter were in- the ferested spectators at game,
to industry, Hungarian Nazis a queue four abreast encircled the arrested. Captain Kendrick in round when it re-opened at nine
fina O'Reilly was howling a o'clock. The wicket, which had - Budapest.
and sent COWD three Page Case against police off-been protected from yesterday's length
cers adjourned. Refugees from showers, was expected to be good. maidens in succession, but the Hankow. Funeral of Mrs. G. T
The crowd seemed to exceed that wicket was too slow to present any Padgett "Paradise Lost,"
of Saturday. The weather was difficulties. With the total at 379 Page Leading article: Problem changeable after occasional sun. Hutton had 174 and Leyland 170.
for the nations. Hello and shine.
Excellent felding combined with Goodbye. Counterfeit coins in
30od bowling checked the scoring, Ave overs producing only Ave runs. and 47 runs coming in 60 minutes in the morning partnership.
Three hundred and fifty-two tional awimining. Le Pommier Play resumed at 11.55 am. after. sold by Aly Khan. Poser for another slight shower, Fleetwood-rans had been made in 350 min- FA Hard Court tennis tourna Smith and O'Reilly opening the utes when Walte took the ball
bowling. ment entries.
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Heavy rain ten minutes from the the New Territories. -Cold start delayed it and the covers had storage plant explosion. Japan- to be put on. The rain stopped ese eyes on Wulan. Page 10-R.A. aquatics. Interna-adter 15 minutes.
frontier. the Left Wing press Surete that Senor Negrin return- continues the intense campaigned by ear direct to Barcelona- la favour of such a measure.- (Transocean).
(Transocean). **
(FRANCO WANTS BELLIGERENT RIGHTS-PAGE 6)
MEDICAL
AT SEA
AID
London, August 22 When on its way to
fleet manoeuvres the battleship Royal Bovereign responded to the 8. O- 8. of a German trawler by send- ing a doctor to attend to one of the Ashermen who was seriously
III.
The German was transferred to ¡the hospital on board the battle-
ship.-Transocean),
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-3/16.
TT. ON LONDON: 15: 27/8d.
"
London Silver Market
(Our Own Correspondent) London, August 22. London silver prices today were unchanged as follows:-
Aug. 20 Aug. 22 Spot........ .19-5/16 19-5/16 Forward.....19-3/18 10-3/16
DRAMATIC SEQUEL TO DALADIER'S. SPEECH
Two French Cabinet Ministers Resign
PARIS, AUGUST 22...'
A DRAMATIC SEQUEL "OF THE BROADCAST. SPEECH BY THE PREMIER, M. DALADIER, YESTERDAY EVENING IS THE RESIG- NATION OF THE MINISTER OF LABOUR, M." RAMADIER, AND THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, M. FROSSARD.' THE MINIŞ- TERS ARE INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS. M. DE MONZIE · SUC- CEEDS M. FROSSARD~(REUTER).
CRISIS EASED ́FTER
4
FEW HOURS
Paris. August 22.
The crisis that arose from the resignation of the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ramadler, and the Minister of Public Works, M. Fros- sard, was eased after a few hours. M. Daladier apparently made no attempt to persuade the departing Ministers to reconsider their decision, and after consulting the Foreign Minister, M. Bonnet, and the Air Minister, M. Guy La Chambre, who are his personal friends, decided to offer the Ministry of Public Works to the well-known: Deputy, M. De Monzie and the Ministry of Labour to the Deputy, M. Pomaret. Both offers were accepted.
The question as to possible re- percussions in the Chamber does
SENTIMENTAL RALLY
London, Aug. 22.
not arise for the time being owing A sentimental rally of the franc, to Parliament holidays. In the following M. Daladier's overnight opinion of political circles the post-broadcast, marked the opening tion of the Cabinet towards labour of the foreign exchange markets syndicates may become still more today. The spot rate rapidly came difficult in consequence of the in to 178.31 whereupon the French resignation notably of the Minis-authorities checked the apprecia- ter, M. Ramadier. It is considered tion, while forward discounts also certain that any attempt by the Armed up. Cabinet to modify the principle of Business, however, was not brisk the forty-hour week would meet and following the news of two with strenuous opposition, French Cabinet resignations the
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