HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938.-PAGE
JAPANESE MAKE SLOW PROGRESS IN WUHAN DRIVE CANTON RAILWAY
Constantly Harassed By Guerillas
REAR COMMUNICATIONS SEVERED
Shanghai. October 13. "INSTEAD OF DRIVING FURTHER TOWARDS THE WUHAN CITIES, the Japanese troops in Central China are waging a 'relentless war against the Chinese guerillas operating along the lower reaches of the Yangtze in the hope of complete extermination of the Chinese mobile units that have been constantly harassing the Japanese forces from the rear.
"
The slow progress of the Japan-expert knowledge of topography ese drive towards Wuhan is attri-and maintain an efficient intelli- buted to the daring activities of gence service. -
FIGHTING ON YANGSIN FRONT
Chinese Positions Intact
Yangsin, Oct. 13, Chinese and Japanese forces continue to hold each other'in check across the Fu River in the centre of the Yangsin front.
In the vicinity of Paishih on the right wing. about twenty kilometres southwest of Yangsin, [heavy artillery duel is raging with
the defenders holding ground.
CHINESE RECAPTURE
IMPORTANT TOWN
Japanese Driven Away
From Liulin
Hankow, October 13. Urgent military messages state that Llalin on the Peiping-Han-- kow Railway, south of Sinyang, was completely recaptured by the Chinese at 3 pm, yesterday. The Japanese are said to have with- drawn northward.
Prior to the recapture of the Important point, the Chinese re- evered Lienhuatung (Lotus Flower Cave) and Peiyunchal (White Cloud Ull), two heights to the south of the Linlin station.
Launching an enveloping attack | *In southeast Honan the Japanese with the Chinese troops which re-talled to make any progress despite The Japanese forces who had cently recaptured Hsinchi to the their repeated thrusts. crossed the Fu River at Sochow, southeast of Sayang, they drove the guerillas who have been The total number of guerillas
Yangsin midway between hindering the Japanese advance by scattered along the Yangtze val Paishih, are turning northeastward place.
and away the Japanese and retook the severing their rear communications leys is estimated to be 100,000, and with the apparent object of fank- and destroying countless military half of this number comprise cracking the Chinese column at Yangsin 'supplies.
units of the newly formed Fourth. Despite
command their elaborate plans Army' under the and determination, the Japanese General Yeh Ting: an ex-Red campaign is foreshadowed to be a lender whose strategy and bravery failure. according to well informed jare well-known throughout the circles since the guerillas have an country.
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His sphere of action comprises the highways between Chinklang and Nanking. Wuhu. Tanyang and
CANTON WELL Kuyung in Klangsu. His force has
PREPARED
Troops Take Up Positions
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, Oct. 1J. With sufficient troops to safeguard Kwangtung. It is not -necessary to send back Can- tonese units on the Yangtze front to strengthen the south- ern sectors, although this is one of the effect desired by the Japanese, it was reported to- day.
The 153th and 157th
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divisions
were ordered to prepare for an emergency ten days ago, hence the landing was not at all surprising to the High Command here.
With the support of warshipë and strong coastal guns, the Chin- ese troops will give 'battle to the enemy about ten miles from the coast beyond the range of Japanese naval guns,.
The objective of the invaders is to cut any point north of Shum Chun on the Canton-Kowloon Railway, possibly at Po Kut or Ping Hu. Then the Japanese will follow along the tracks to attack Canton, if they can spare 80,000 men. They will also use puppets to achieve their purpose, but success in this direction is unlikely despite the efforts of Colonel H. Wach! "in South China,
Another reason for the attack on
penetrated into the villages and has had the full co-operation of
civilians. the peasants and
A
large number of the young pea. sants have joined this army which has become the backbone of the Chinese guerillas-International
The Chinese recapture of Wah- welling on the Nanchang Eluklang Railway is confirmed by military messages from Tehan:
During their attacks on Lichiashan and Yachuchlen to the southwest, af Shangcheng yesterday and the day before the Japanese are alleged to have again resorted to the use of asphyxiating gas. "
commander,
Adequate precautions have been taken by the defending forces to frustrate the enemy manoeuvre and heavy fighting on this sector is and
A Japanese cavalry detachment
an Infantry battalion were Both sides are said to have expected to break out very shortly.intercepted on October 11. by sustained heavy losses in the grim -Central News.
Chinese troops at Shekang and fight. Colonel I Chih-yung, Chutangtien
regimental on their way from Chinese Loshan ie Liulin to rescue their was killed. Comrades at the latter place. They A furious offensive on Kwang- were driven back after severe shan on October 11 by over 700 fighting. fi
Japanese troops was repulsed by RIFLES CAPTURED.
the Chinese infantry, and cavalry Pursuing the remnant Japanese forces. About 300 Japanese were on the Juichang-Wunang highway, killed in action. A second attack Chinese troops recaptured Pichika! by the Japanese yesterday morn- to the west of Tehan, seizing over ing Was Bisa repalled.-Central 100 'rices.
News.
MEXICAN MEDAL For GENERAL MIAJA
Barcelona, Oct. 13: The Mexican Ambassador in Spain, in presenting to General Maja. Supreme Commander of the Republican, forces outside Catalonia, the Mexican Cross of
able for the defence of Cantonmilitary merit, stated, according Reuter.
ATTEMPTED LANDING
NEAR SWATOW
Swalow, Oct. 13. fleary gunfire "was audible last night in the direction of Chinese reports Hope Bay. state an attempted Japanese landing was repaised.
The city was visited twice this morning by a. seaplane, but it dropped no bombs. The populace. remains calm-Reuter..
NAVAL CONCENTRATION
NEAR SWATOW
Swalow, Oct. 13. Merchant ships entering hére last night reported the pre- sence at Haimun Bay of one- Japanese cruiser, three des- troyers. ten transports and two armed merchantmen, while anchored in the clipper roads three other destroyers were seen between Namea Island and the mainland.
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Ito the Spanish press agency. “You are fighting in the service [of Spain and the world against scidiera, or rather against men, who in making war on the Spanish people are betraying thelr oath and their duty and they are gonnected with those who are attacking the acvereignty of Spain."--Reuter.
GENERALISSIMO
PLEASED
Hankow, Oct. 13.
GERMANY AND REARMAMENT
Berlin...Oct. 13.
Highly pleased with the enr Anxiety as to Britain's increased thusiastic response of the people of armaments, of which there hnd Chinghai (Kokonor) to the cam-been signs in a recent inspired paign for winter clothing for the German comment, finds expression Chinese soldiers. Generalissimo again to-day.
Chiang Kai-shek has wired to The diplomatic correspondent of General Ma Pu-fang, Governor of the "Boerson Zeitung" writes, "Now. the province, thanking him for his that England expands not only leadership in the donation
also of her navy and air force but 100,000 fur coats-Central News. hei army in a manner suggesting their use on the continent. Ger- 200,000 COTTON JACKETS work there is uriderstood to be very
Kunming. Oct. 13.
meny would appear to have a right Chinese shore batteries skrong.
purpose of effectively retaliated the Japanese ment has decided to collect 200,000
The Yuncan Provincial Govern to ask what is the
of this?'Reuter. sheiling...
cotton padded jackets within the According to a new arrival from shortest period for the Chinese PALESTINE Hachung, the Japanese made their army at the front. landing at Hachung under the
The Kunming Teachers' Service jdim moonlight early yesterday Corps, constituting members of the morning after a fierce bombard-faculties of local colleges and ment from their warships in Bias schools have decided to solicit Bay.
10,000 jackets.-Central News,
were
shore-Central
FIGHTING
CONTINUES
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SEAFORTHS, JAPANESE IN NEW INCIDENT
Chinese Constable Patches Up Misunderstanding
Shanghai, October 13.
Heavy Chinese machine-gun and rifle fire checked-the Japanese who had landed at the seashore and
ed that the resignation of General who Japanese planes yesterday bomb. prevented others
at Ugaki must.
have also been his
Only a few days after their return from Hongkong, the Sea forth Highlanders were involved yesterday in an incident with thi Japanese. This time, Chinese constable, acting as mediator and The paper adds that within 'the' the last two months the invasion every part of the country and 28
Fighting 15 now going on in ¦ · Interbreter, came to the rescue of both parties. of Kwangtung has been urged by battles have taken place during the Japanese papers in Tokyo and the last three days. The autho- and Seaforth sentries at Garden was some feeling and much ges Osaka In an article in a certain rity of the Government is
Bridge arose, it is understood. over ¡tièulating.
The Japanese magazine of this month, practically connned to those big the regulation of trame
ed Chaoyang, killing a number of tempting to land in lighters from objection to this move." people in the vicinity of the East approaching the Gate. but the Japanese raiders News. * which Bew confined themselves to dropping pamphlets calling on the populace
over Swatow Itself
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Kwangtung. is due to Japanese to surrender. reviling the Chiang fallure to capture Wuhan on Octa
Kai-shek Government and
out.
ber 10, and the venture here is toning the "benents" of friendship divert national attention,
with Japan,-Reuter.
Japanese planes to-day bombed Samshul and Sai Nam on the West River with the object of prevent- ing Chinese reinforcements rush- ing to the Blas Bay area Very few troop movements are in progress at present, as the troops took up' their respective positions some days ago.
LONDON COMMENT
London, Oct. 13. The morning newspapers give prominence to the Jap- anese Invasion at Blas Bay, the prospects of which are closely canvassed in Far East- ern circles, though hitherto little comment is available. The diplomatie correspondent the "News-Chronicle,” after stat-
FURIOUS BATTLE
RAGING.COM
Canton. Oct. 13. Chinese regular troops 28- sisted by well-trained armed militia CORDS are staunchly resisting farther Japanese landing at Aotow. Hachung, Nimshan and other points in Bias Bay,
Reports of Japanese preliminary landing emanating from Japanese sources appear to have been gross- ly exaggerated. Allegations that their landing yesterday met no opposition
categorically denied in Chinese official circles.
According to reports from rell-
were
ing that invasion has been so often able sources, the landing of about predicted that the arrival of troops 250 blue-jackets in over 20 lighters seems to have come as a surprise at Hachung at 430 pm. yesterday to the Chinese, points out that the riorning was repulsed by Chinese Cantonese are among the best troops and militiamen after about fighters in China.
ozë hour's fighting. The landing The correspondent is in doubt operations were preceded by a ter- as to how much of the Cantonese rific" naval bombardment. Many
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sent to the Yangtze front.
He says that until they reach Walchow, the Japanese will be advancing over difficult territory, which could be held If there were adequate supplies of machine-guns, and a few well-trained men to fire them.
Japanese.
14.
SHATAUKOK
at Hachung and other points Success of Japanese landing
at Bias Bay was highly exag- gerated by foreign reports, de- clared Captain Tseng Tso-yun, commander of the Chinese Self-Defence Corps at Shatau- kok, In an interview with a Chinese reporter."
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The captain abowed the. reporter a message regarding the landing. This revealed that several hundred Japanese marines forced a landing at Hachung early yesterday morn- ing but were repulsed by the Chinese garrison and self-defence corps.
From another source, the re- porter learned that the Japan- ese, effected the landing at Hachung in the moonlight, not knowing the preparedness, on the part of the Chinese defence forces.
As they approached. land, the Chinese opened fire at them. After, an "encounter of about two hours, the Japan- ese were driven back to their vessels, Leaving about 100 dead behind.
now
Argument between the Japanese (saying, with the result that, theft
A Chinese constable understand-
the urgency of the invasion" off towas having considerable gar-Japanese stated that the Seaforths ing both English and Japanese Kwangtung was reiterated
28. arisons such as Jaffa, Tel-Aviv, were hampering them in checking soon patched up the quarrel, and means of severing Britain's rela- Haifa and Jerusalem.
ail vehicles entering Hongkew... miles shortly replaced frowns sa tion with the Chiang Kai-shek
Neither party could make the the dificulties melted Great importance is attached regime. Otherwise the fall
here
other understand what each was Renter. to on ultimatum sent by Hankow would not mean much,
the Arab Committee of Defence to Dr. Weissmann. Zlonist leader.
News has just reached here from
Jerusalem of a severe clash be-
With the same method the Soviet, Annam and Burma routes may be cut off in sac- cession. The opinion of the writer in the Japanese maga-" zine fully voices that of the young Japanese militarisis.
There soldiers were wounded. One Another" writer in the same magazine points to Britain with aeroplane, included in the military more bluntness. "While forming reinforcements rushed to the scene,
Oriental faction," says
is reported to have been shot down, writer, "the first problem is how to A number of Arabs were killed and
wounded.Transocean. eradicate the British influence in China and the South Sea Islända?" and ends with the conclusion that it must be by the invasion of Kwangtung.
CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER TO SEE
tween British troops and Arabs HERR HITLER which occurred yesterday evening on the road from Jerusalem to Hebron
an
the
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· LAWYER FIRED ON
Jerusalem, Oct. 13. A prominent Nationalist lawyer was fired on five miles from Jeru- By launching this move, the Jasalem, whilst motoring back to the panese obviously intend to kill two city from Jaffa.-Reuter. birds with one stone. It was in-
IDENTITY CARDS timated that the British Ambassa-
Jerusalem., Oct. 13, for recently called at the Japanese All Inhabitants of Palestine over *NO PANIC.
concerning Foreign Ofice
the 16 years of age must posseSS Throughout yesterday, "distinct (Kwangtung invasion.
Identity cards, according to a Gov. heard at Shataukok. The people ese militarists will never be com Intermittent artillery fre could be As a matter of fact, the Japan-ernment order issued to-day-
Reuter." there, however, betrayed no signs petent to dominate Kwangtung. of "nervousness and excitement. Let all Cantonese show Business, was carried on aa Kwangtung spirit, the "Takung- nothing had happened...
pao" concludes.
their
army and armaments have been casualties were suffered by the Later the Japanese brought their planes into operation, when Berce aerial bombing complement jed the terrifc naval shelling. Un- der the heavy bombardment more
The reporter ascended a height than 1,000 Japanese in stores or to have a distant view of Blas Bay. boats attempted to land at Ping-He saw several fishing junks dot- shan, Nimshan, Blackweishan, and ting the calm sea but could not Military experts point out that Tungchung in Blas Bay, whilst the distinguish the there are two lines of hills after Japanese who were repelled at Japanese warships, transports and Bias Bay, and an extensive tan- Hachung effected a second landing lighters as had been reported hospital in Tungkwan would hold gle of rivers and creeks east of there. Furious fighting broke out Central News.
fat all these points,
of
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100 or more
PURPOSE OF INVASION
ARABS TO HANG
Jerusalem, Oct. 13. The three. Arab villagers caught carrying rifles and animunition ASSEMBLY INADVISABLE
after a battle near Ramallah in the beginning of October in which The Japanese Consulate General a British police inspector was kill states that a few days ago, the edt, were sentenced to death by German Consul-Genera! in Canton the Military Court-Reuter. informed them that the German
RAILWAY MATERIAL FROM GERMANY
London, Oct. 13. It's learned that Germany,
Berlin. Occt. 13. The Czech Foreign Minister, Dr. Chvalkovsky, arrived in this city yesterday morning. His conferen ces with the German Foreign' Minister will begin this morning at the Foreign Office,"
BATTLE RAGING
ON SOUTH BANK OF FU RIVER
Chinese Damage Stone Bridge
Shanghal Oct. 15.
Dr. "Chvalkovsky will, it is re- ported, be received by the Chan-¡. At a, press conference to-day. cellor and it is expected that he Japanese Army.spokesman declari that mopping-up operations will depart this afternoon for ed Berchtesgaden accompanied by the were completed at 8inyang yester Felchs Foreign Minister, Herr von day.
Encircling operations are now. Ribbentrop. The meeting with the Fuehrer will probably take place progressing against. Statampu.. 18. on Friday at the Obersalzberg.. miles, to the southwest of Yang
The conferences were begun by hsin on the north bank of the the Deputy of the Slovaks, Dr, River, and also against Tehan,
The Navy spokesman claimed Ferdinand Darcansky, immediate- ly upon his arrival in Berlin and that naval forces landed on the will be continued this afternoon south bank of the Yangtze near Whether he will make a trip to
Weiynan-Lake and advanced along. Berchtesgaden is doubtful-Trans-
the shore to the foothills
Chinese planes raided Kichun on the night of October/11.
ocean,
RAILWAY STRIKE IN LONDON
London Oct. 13. The strike of porters and ticket collectors and other employees at St. Pancras and Euston Radway stations is spreading.
~ Five thousand have stopped work
Its 15th anniversary celebration on Canton.
October 23 when a large num They recall the estimate
ber of foreign people would gather "Being unsuccessful in attacking from Canton and Hongkong. In Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's German military advisers that the Japanese At Actow where the Japanese Wuhan, the Japanese now point this connection, the Japanese au though having stopped supplying while others are expected to Join would need at least 100.000 men to tried to land in over 40 warships, their guns towards Kwangtung thorities advised the Consulate to China with munitions, at the rein the walk-out. The alway com capture Canton, but in view of the transports and vessels of other with a
to wrecking our inform the German Consul General quest of Japan, recently contract panies declare that if the men do enormous demands of the Hankow descriptions under a naval barrage, southwestern base of resistance, that a big assembly will naturally to supply the Chinese with not report on defence, it is doubted what arst, the Chinese also offered atout says the **Takungpac"; in an be advisable under the present large quantities of railway, male, late troope and euipment are avail- realstance. The Chinese defence editorial. We have long consider circumstances,
view
This morning, Central Army. troops launched counter- attacks against Japanese de- tachments of the south bank of the Fa Liver and fighting is now raging on both banki, -G According to Japanese reports the Chinese destroyed the stone bridge spanning the Fi River near. Sintanpu, on Wednesday in an attempt to halt the m a Japanese column northWATA Statampu, on the old LATE
the meantime, other con
reached positions/c
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