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CHIANG RESIGNATION REPORT DEVOID OF TRUTH No Mushroom
Ministers' Presence In Colony Also False
CHINESE RESISTANCE
TO CONTINUE
London, Oct. 25
Dr. Que Tal-chi, Chinese Ambassador in London, told Reuter yes- terday that there is no foundation for the rumours that Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-shek will resign. "He certainly will nok" stated the Ambassador emphatically.
Equally untrue, are the statements that Dr. Wang Chung-hu, Foreign Minister, and Mr. Wang Ching-wel, Deputy Executive of the Kuomintang. have gone to Hongkong to discuss mediation, with for- elyn Ambassadors, declared Dr. Quo
i.
and the
Growth Of Turncoats
Hankow. Oct. 25 Optimism regarding the, future of China despite the pre sent tense situation was vo'ced yesterday by Mr. Wu. Kuo- cheng, making his Arstil op- pearance at a press conference during the seven years he has been Mayor of Hankow.
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"Japanese domination China is Impossible," he said. "It Japan expects that there will be a mushroom growth of turncoats in China she is wrong.
"China has been conquered several times, but to-day she is a different country from what she was in" olden times when the Manchus conquered the Mir.gs and
To-day we have a great nation- lead the Mayor continued" and we are united for the first time in our history. We had year in which to make the pre- sent plans and I feel that this Incident" will eventually prove
"The loss of Canton and Hankow, decided to continue Chinese resis-the Mongols invaded the Sungs. which I fear we must expect, does tance to Japanese attacks what- not affect our strategy, which is ever happens since only in this always based on the clear recogni-way could the preservation of the tion of Japan's undeniable military Chinese Govermanent advantages in the coastal regions."| Chinese nation be assured. said the Ambassador.
For the past six months Chinese "So far from being a decisive had reckoned with the possibility to be a financial millstone around factor. Japan's captures merely of the tall of Hankow, so that Japan's neck. She will crack Increase her difficulties by compel- should this now actually occur, no up?
Th
Wu
ling her to scatter her forces," con-new situation would be created, Referring to his impending de- tinued Dr. Quo, who added that the added the spokesman. Trans-parture from Hankow, Mr. Chinese Government still had ocean.
said: **T will leave behind plenty of ammunition for months
thousands of poor people, some to comeReuter
ADDRESSES STUDENTS
Chungking. Oct. 25
Mr. Wang Ching-wel is at pre-
sent in Chungking, and reports of
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Chungking. Oct. 25. Chinese residents in the South
his being in Hongkong are pure Beas have promised to contribute rumour. He addressed a meeting $4,000,000 a month for the duration
of middle school students on the of the Sino-Japanese conflict, it occasion of the opening of a large was revealed here to-day-Inter-
national News. scale physical training display on Sunday.-Reuter.
NO COLLAPSE
Chungking... Oct. 25.
A Foreign Office spokesman yesterday denied the assertions made in foreign countries con- cerning lack of order among the Chinese troops at the front. There Was not the slightest danger of Chinese re- sistance collapsing, he stated. Despite the "2ifficult situation the Chinese High Command has
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Details are now revealed of the organisation of a "United Council of China." which, it said, is a preliminary step tó- ward a new central govern- ment in China, states the "Pelping Chronicle."
The Pelping * Provisional Government and the Nan- king "Reformed Government" are said to regard formation of the council as the prepara- tory phase of creating a cen- tral government of China un- der Japanese auspices, If Han- kow falls.
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are
unable to evacuate, but I shall leave this flock in good hands. I hope arrangements made for them by the army and foreign friends will be crowned with success." bade Mr. We also publicly goodbye to the Hankow foreign community. "I must leave my best friends,” he declared.-Benter.
LEADERS NOT BY LOSS OF
SHAKEN CANTON
Shanghai, October 25.
The loss of Canton is a blow to Hankow but does not materially alter the war situation, according to a report from Mr. C. M. Mac- Donald. correspondent of "The Time" in Hankow.
Mr. MacDonald stated he met Marshal, Chiang Kai-shek and found no trace of anxiety: In his appearance.
Other Chinese leaders in Hankow, in commenting on Mr. Wang, Ching-wel's peace statement, are of the opinion that Japan should respect the sovereignty of China, Including Manchuria.
"The Times ́ correspondent reported that the military leaders ure determined to go on with the struggle and are not shaken by recent events-International News.
MARSHAL CHIANG AND
WIFE LEAVE
Hankow, Oct. 25.
It is confirmed that Gen- eralissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek have departed for an unknown destination.
Explosions were occurring throughout the city this morning. It will be recalled that yesterday the Chinese placed dynamite to many Japanese buildings, some of which are close to foreign property. The Chinese authorities, however, promised to give 24 hours'" notice of their intention to set the fuses
light.-Reuter.
300 Casualties Estimated In Bombing Of Passenger Vessels At Changsha
Changsha, October 25,
Two steamships fully loaded with passengers anchoring in the Siang River outside the west rate here were bombed by Japanese planes during a severe air raid yesterday.
"The two vessels were the s... la
Man Yang. belonging to the Re-
construction Department of the BRITISH EMBASSY
Hupeh Provincial Government, and
the as. Hung Yuan of the San Pel Steamship. Company. They both received several direct hita.
It is estimated that at least 300 casualties resulted among the Eassengers, Central News
The
KIANG IISIN "SAID
TO BE SAFE
Chungking, Oct. 25.
MOVEMENTS Chungking.
here now-
Am-
Oct. 25 British official circles nave not received · :oticia! Acation of a visit from the bassador, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, in the near future, though he is expected to arrive soon.
The officials from the British Embassy who are removing China Merchants Steam from Hankow are expected here Octo- Navigation Company denies that by the HM.B. Falcon' on its vessel, the Klang Hsin, was ber 30-Reuter. bombed by Japanese planes near; Yochow. The ship is reported safe and will reach Ichàng to-morrow. A vernacular report stated that over a thousand, passengers lost their lives as the Klang Hain caught fire. The rumour is due to
Anti-Japanese slogans were dis- the fact that the company unable to keep in wireless touch covered posted up in many places with the steamer until yesterday, in Amoy last week, according to The Kiang Hsin left "Hankow on a message from that port: Bus- pecting this to be work of For- October 21 for Chungking.
The reported scene of the disas-mosans resident there the Japa- ter is Lingchi near Yochow. It is nese authorities have issued an a fact that Lingchi was bombed by order prohibiting any assembly Japanese planes on October 23 of three or more persons of For
Inosan race. International News “
was
"ANTI-JAPANESE. SLOGANS IN AMOY
BRITISH AMBASSADOR NOT MEDIATING
London, Oct. 25. That the British Ambassador in China is endeavouring 'at: the present time to mediäte between China and Japan for the purpose of negotiating of an armistice was denied yes-
terday by the Foreign Office, which declared that no such attempt has been made.
The first official reports on the situation in Canton were recelyed | by the British Government yester- day, it is reported.
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Concerning the bombing H.M.S. Sandpiper yesterday, British circles are of opinion that the in- cident might easily have been avoided, as the Japanese authori- ties have been informed of every movement of units of the British Navy in Chinese waters.-Trans-
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