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CHINESE TROOPS' MARCH ON TUNGCHENG
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Taipingchiao, Kuantang
Are Recaptured
Japanese Thrust Halted
Plugklang, Hunan, December 12
SYNCHRONISING WITH THEIR SUCCESS" along the north Can- ten-Hankow Railway, which resulted in the recapture of Lungwan- shiao and Sinkaitang on the north bank of the Sinstang River, Chinese forces on the Hupeh-Ilunan-bighway have retaken Taiping- chiao and Kuantang, and are marching towards Tungcheng.
Both Taipingchlao and Kuantang returned to Chinese 'hands after a series of counter-attacks yesterday. These successes were preceded by the recapture of Wutungshan, north of Kluling, the previous
■ight.
Chinese advance columns have ) Railway and Peiping-Hankow Rall- reached Hopuling, three miles from ways, to Thokow, northeast Tungcheng.
Sinstang, were recently waylaid by
According
MARRIAGE AT THE REGISTRY
MR. AND MES. Lan Shui-HUNG, photographed at their "wedding at the Registry yesterday afternoon, The bride was
formerly Miss Hsiang Yan-shuang. (Photo, A. A. Kahn),
to a mesSLEE from Chinese units, suffering heavy Milo. more than 130 Japanese casualties. troops were killed during the
Tangÿin, important town on the struggle which resulted in the re- Peiping-Hankow Railway south of capture of Lungwanchiso and Anyang near the Hopei border, is Sinkaitang. Two mags, a number now surrounded by Chinese forces.IN THE of flags and some ammunition were reports reaching here indicate. A also seized.
steel birdge on the rallway, south of Tangyin has been dynamited by the Chinese to prevent Japanese reinforcements from reaching Tangyin-Central News.
JAPANESE RUSHI
Following the reverse at these two place, the hew Japan- Est thrust on the railway has again been called to a halt and throughout yesterday little activity by the invaders Was
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At the same time, Chinese troops are strengthening their defence works at the two potats.
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AUSTRALIA
Two of the three record break-
REINFORCEMENTS ing R. A. F. bombers which is at present touring Australia have
Yuanku, Shanzi, Dec, 12.
As a result of heavy blows suf-arrived at Pest from Adelaide. tered at Chinese hands during
their recent drives around Linien,
To facilitate transportation, the important city on the Tatung BRITAIN Japanese are feverishly repairing Puchow Railway in South Shansi,
the
section
damaged Wuchang-Yoying the Japanese are rushing rein-
Political circles in London voice
000,000 credit guarantee loan for
of the Canton-Hankow forcements there from the north-the belief that the proposed $10. Railway, along which Chinese ern part of the province, guerillas have Increased their harassing activities.
To strengthen, their extended line, two more Japanese regiments were sent to Yoyang in armed launches by way of Chenglinki and the Tungting Lake. In the vicinity of Chenglinki, where the Tungting Lake empties itself into the Yang tze, the number of Japanese gun- boats have been reduced to eight in addition to about 300 small steam launches.-Central News.
JAPANESE RETREAT
Loyang, Dec. 12. The Japanese, who on Saturday occupied Wuchla o the north
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It is estimated that over 6,000 Japanese troops have arrived in Llafen where they are mak- ing preparations for a renewed attack on the Chinese in the surrounding districts.
NEWS
FRANCE
iri-
More foreigners who fought for Republican Spain arrived in Per- pignan on Saturday. They cluded Frenchmen, Poles, Italians, Germans and a few Greeks, Bel- glans: 'Danes and Czechs.
GERMANY
Fire broke out in the concentra- an increase of export is consider- tion camp at Sachsenhausen, near ed insuffident by Government Berlin, early on Sunday morning followers as well as by the opposi- reducing the quarters of one hun- tion. The amount is said to be dred guards to ashes. It is be- not big enough for a great trade. Leved that the fire was due to a drive against the State subsidised short circuit.... industrial export of the other coun- tries.
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About 700 Japanese troops at-
İ During the first eleven months tempting to cross the Fen River at
af 1938 Germany imported 1.158. Sunkutsun, north of Linfen, on December 9 were greeted by in- Empire, which was founded for the £11.500,000.
The Air League of the British 000 tons of wheat valued at nearly
tense Chinese gun fire and many purpose of air defence, has an-| were killed and drowned. At least nounced the formation of five new HUNGARY ten vessels carrying the troops were cadet.squadrons, thus bringing the overturned, throwing the men over-tatal strength of the air defence board. A large quantity of Japan- cadet corps up to 30 squadrons and
se military supplies was hit by the 3.000 men. shells and set on fire.
An impending visit to Berlin by the new Foreign Minister, Count
Stephan von Czaky; is forecast by well-informed circles.
A draft of new anti-Jewish laws
re- days
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1938.-PAGE 9
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for the Japanese Consulate- General at Vladivostock.
and far greater importance seriousness, however, is COTY- sidered to be the help given by the Soviet to. China's, National- Government which the Japan- ese regard as a grave impedi- ment to the early conclusion of their campaign in China and their repeated avowed purpose, of "creating a new order ® in East Asia."
The Japanese have not forgotten the Changkufeng Incident and consider as an open flaunt to their pride the huge red flag which
the Soviet troops placed or the summit of that now historic hill after the withdrawal of the Japan-
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bank of the Yellow River south of Meanwhile, the Japanese column The pilots of the Manchester. Stuwu in northem. Honan, have pushing towards Slangling, south- Shipping Canal threaten to go on been criven, out of the town and west of tinten, has failed to make strike unless their demands for for Hungary is amounced. art retreating towards Al, much headway. It has sustained wage increase in accepted by Fri- laws and already ou emulated terminus of the Taokow-Chinghus | considerable losses during the day's arbitration of the Board of and will probably be submitted to Railway, as a result of a vigorous heavy Aghting at Tungchitsun in Trade. The pliots are said to have the Cabinet during the next few Chinese counter-offensive,
the past few days.-Central News.resorted already to passive
Informed circles state that JAPANESE DENUDED
sistance in order to enforce their increased restrictions against Jews demands...
may be awaited and that the pro- portion of the Jews to the Aryans also badly beaten by the Chinese Lohang highway
England is to take 500 additional in the industries and professional and retreated towards slaotso, denuded as a part of their men Jewish children from Austria. A field which was formerly placed at miring town оп the
Tackow stationed at Tsaishih west of Ying-group of 800 will arrive shortly in 80 to 20 wil be altered to 93 to Chinghua Railway," and Po Al rea-cheng were withdrawn towards Holland and of these, 500 will pro-7 which is more in keeping with pectively.
Hankow yesterday. The Japanese ceed to England.
the actual population proportion.
Meanwhile, the Japanese at Mu- Juantien, northeast of Wuching and Tahungchiao, west of Wuchih,"were
Changteh, Dec. 12. Japanese troops on the Hankow- further
were
More than 400 puppet troops who strength at Tsaoshih, is now es- were moving from instang, June-timated at Uttle more than 400- CHILE
tion
on
the Taokow-Chinghua Central News.
Authorities Promise To Facilitate Emigration Of German Jews
Berlin, December 12.
The authorities, in an officially inspired statement on Nazi anti-semitic policy. promise to facilitate the emigration of German Jews. The suggestion is made that Jews abroad place their foreign currency at the disposal of German Jews to enable them to emigrate as is done with Austrian Jews. *The aim of all measures taken and still to be taken is the emigration of Jews from Germany" the statement adds. #
FOREIGNERS LEAVE
KULING
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ITALY
The special tribunal which con Pope Plus XI had another at- ducted an investigation follow-tack of weakness on Saturday, but Lug an objection lodged by the despite the warning of his physi- Right Coalition candidate upheld cian, Professon Milani, carried on the recent Presidential election: his usual Sunday duties with tena-. when the Popular Front candidate, city. Pedro Aguirre, was elected. Senor Aguirre will be proclaimed Pre- sident of Chile on Christmas Eve
|CZECHOSLOVAKIA
General Faucher, formerly "chiet
Several hundred school children demonstrated outside a synagogue and shouted anti-Jewish slogans. The synagogue was protected by police.
of the French Military Mission, PALESTINE who during the crisis placed him- self at the disposal of the Czech Government, has applled to be relieved of his post as General in the Czech Army.
The Japanese military attache
proved, through Carpatho-Ukraine, ac-
separation,
People speak in error of the
| FINLAND Jewish bun. It is inaccurate to
The appointment of Ellas Erkko, speak of limitation of Jews to newspaper editor and former mem- certain residential quarters in ber of the Finnish Cabinet, to the Shanghal, Dec. 12. Berlin or the creation of a Ghetto. According to Japanese press re- A point will be reached when post of Foreign Minister, is pre-
dicted by authoritative quarters. ports from Einklang, 38 foreign-the Jews are allowed only to re- ers from Kuling, including 15 side
in Jewish owned houses. eight Strictly legal expulsion of Jews Americans, 15 Britons, and Germans, sailed for Shanghai at from industry is proceeding. dawn yesterday aboard the Jap- It goes without saying that the anese military transport Omt State will facilitate emigration Maru, and are expected to arrive within its power. The difficulty
Thirty Arabs were arrested for subversive activies., British troops also engaged an armed gang of Arabs near Bethlehem.
UNITED STATES
The former Foreign Secretary,
YUGOSLAVIA
The Parliamentary elections have ended in a victory for the Govern ment Party, led by Dr. Stoyanding-
vitch.
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Soviet troops, Japanese reports.
Kwelyang, Dec. 11. In addition to a huge army facing the Japanese On various fronts, about 700,000 Chinese regular troops are be- .hind the enemy, lines, stated General Feng Yu-halang, Vice-Chairman of the Nation- al Military' Council, in 24 Interview recently.
WAR WON IN FACTORIES
Sir Auckland Geddes On Preparedness
London, Dec. 12.
Any war of the future will be won or lost in the factories, declared Sir Auckland 'Geddes In an interview with the Lon- don "Observer.” ́ He described some of the problems of ́na“ tional service confronting himself and Sir John Ander-
Lard Privy son, the
Seal, whom he kad volunteered to help,
alleged, have been bustly construct- JAPANESE LINES kuteng area into which a steady ing fortifications in the Chang-
stream of war supplies is said to be pouring. The Soviet military au- thorities are alleged to have sub- stituted Russian regulars for native troops formerly stationed on the border regions of Outer Mongolia. A typical review of the situation as it appears to the Japanese eyes Is given by the diplomatic corre- spondent of a Japanese newspaper, This figure, General Feng said, "Since the review of the Man- does not include the guerilla and churian incident of 1831 Japan has volunteer forces. been criticised by various countries General Feng declared that treaty-breaker but ituttle loss was sustained by the overlooked that the Soviet violated Chinese forces
Sir Auckland Geddes, who was upon the with- the Japanese-Soviet Fishery Con-drawal from the Wuhan cities. Minister for National Service in vention and also occupied an area During his recent visit to Chung-the Great War, referred to the of 1,100,000 square miles. The most king. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, difference in the strategic position 'serious question now, pending be- the British Ambassador, expressed to-day compared with 20 years tween the two countries is the surprise at China's resistance for AK0. renewal of the Japanese-Soviet such a long time with so little loss He said: "I dd not believe in Fishery Convention the term of involved.
conscription. By that I mean. which expires on December 28.
Referring to China's foreign compulsory service in an overseas "The insincere attitude mani-relations. "General Feng stated army. as inevitably it fested by the Soviet authorities in that she is cultivating closer re-iminish our naval arid air effort the Ashery negotiations in Moscow lations with Great Britain, the besides creating a sharp division has excited the Japanese into forc- United States, France and the of public oplalon, and weakening ing the Government to explain be-Soviet Union. He predicted that our national morale. fore the eyes of the world the justice the Soviet Union will adopt á with a national register: or- of the Japanese stand and, at the more firm and positive policy in garized од a regional basis, same time to serve as a warning the Far East-Central News.
Britain would be ready in time to provide food, man ARP. services, anti-aircraft, defences, make munitions and aeroplanes,
to Russia. Japan's treaty rights to
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War
Ash In Soviet waters in the nor- them Pacific were secured by the Portsmouth Treaty of 1905 and Iations between the two countres, and care for the sick and wound- again by the Russo-Japanese Fish-has been in negotiation with Soviet ed. Without an adequate register ery Agreement of 1907,
officials since the early part of we should have chaos. September. Conversations, how-
INDUSTRIAL EFFORT. ever, made no promising progress
BASIC CONVENTION
to
em-
The emigration of German Jews taken to avoid friction: Jews and is not only in the interests of the Germans cannot agree together as in Moscow is at present travelling. German people but in the in history has sufficiently terests of the Jews themselves. Separation between the Jews and cording to the Prague papers." He Mr. Anthony Eden, who is in the statement continues. Now the German people is desirable. had a long conversation with the New York will leave for Washing- that Germany has obtained Its This separation has already been President of the Carpatho- ton for a conference with President national
"Our industrial requirements in unity difficulties will carried out by laws of the Reich Ukraine Diet."
"To regulate the lawful 'applica- owing to the insincere attitude of arise in spite of all measures but it must become an actual
Roosevelt. He will be the guest of tion of the stipulations contained the Soviet. The term of a special the event of war will be much the National Press Club to-day. In the two is to accord basic fishery contract concerning the crab can- greater than they were in the convention signed in 1938. The base ning industry in Boviet northern Great War, and every effort will treaty became vold on December 31, waters, ́ ́ awarded
in have to be made in this direction. Japan when the term 'expired."
November 1028, also expired on "There will probably be as many "Before that date, however, the December 1, 1938. Before that, men needed to back the air force revised Fishery Agreement replaced Japan proposed the opening of and to keep it in the air, and be the basic treaty initialled in Moscow | negotiations for the conclusion of hind the armywhere the in October 1936, Soon afterwards, a new contract but the Soviet has phasis will rest on the mechanised. on November 25 the original Ja- so far ignored the offer.
and high fire-power divisions.. panese-German Anti-Comintern "Soviet Russla, apparently with There must also be a colossal in- Agreement was concluded. Dis- a view to ousting foreign interests¦dustrial effort, as these tasks are pleased by this the Soviet declined | from within her territory is follow-far more important to the nation to sign the revised Fishery Con-Ing the policy of cancelling rights than the raising of vast conscript. vention and Japanese rights of which have been granted to Japan armies." fishery in Soviet waters have been including those relating to Ashing Sir Auckland Geddes concluded. regulated during the last two years in Soviet northern waters, oil pros-that it would be dangerous to talk merely by an inconvenient make-pesting in northern Karatuto of peace as a plaster which could shift stipulation for tentative pro- (Saghalien) and coal mining. If be stuck on the face of Europe. longation of the effect of the old Soviet Russia continues to refuse He urged all who sought peace to basic treaty. The makeshift ac-to sign the convention already prepare for war mentally, normal- cord, now in effect, lapses at the initialled it is presumed that Japan ly physically and materially. end of this month.
will protect her treaty fights with Only thus could we defend our- The Japanese Government, de-armed force as a substitute for selves against any aggressors, siring to readjust the fishery re-treaty regulations."-Reuter.
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60,000 GUERILLAS, IN POOTUNG
Shanghai, Dec. 12.
SQUASH TITLE
London, Dec. 12. At the London Bath Club K. C. in Shanghai on December 16. Hes solely in the transfer (here A Japanese military spoktsman Gander Dower. prominent all
The reports state that the party the suggestion of assistance by to-day stated that some 60,000 round sportsman and big game of foreigners was met by Jap-foreigh Jewry is made). The Chinese guerillas are still active shot, won the Amateur squash consular representatives statement ends that individual in Shanghai in the Pootung area Rackets title beating D. L. Burnett, and gendarmes at the base of action such as that taken here as well as to the northwest to the Army champion, 2-9, 10-8 7-3. the mountain, and taken in trucks and there against Jews had long ward Kiangyin, on the Yangtze, 10-8. It was one of the closest bearing red cross signs to Kin-age ended but they would be but claimed that they had become contested anals in Klang. where they boarded the severely punished in future. Cisorganised · zinca the fall of
-Reuter. transport.Renter.
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Reuter.
Canton-Reuter,
many years,