"Hongkong Daily Press"-Feb. 19, 1940.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1940.
JAPANESE INTENSE FIGHTING
COMMAND IN EAST CHEKIANG
ON CHINESE
TACTICS Bewildering Message
Japanese Efforts To Reduce Pressure By Chinese
CHUNGKING, Feb. 17 (Reuter)-The fighting in East Cheklang has become more intense as the Japanese forces are said to have crossed the. Chientang River at points east and west of Hsiaoshan, in an effort to relleve the pressure by Chinese troops on that city, according to a Chinese report received today
CHUNGKING, Feb. 18 (Reu- ter)-Enquiries regarding the announcement by the Japan- ese addressed to Chinese com- manders reveal that the Jap- anese South China Command JAPANESE LOSSES on Feb. 16 sent a message to
IN S. KWANGSI Chinese military leaders on "the South Kwangsi front byị ON THE SOUTH KWANGEI means of a radio broadcast FRONT, Feb. 18 (Central)-In the paying tribute to the bravery recent Japanese debacle In the Pin- of Chinese soldiers but critic-yang and Wuming areas in south Kwangst the Chinese captured 330 ising the Chinese, tactics.
machine-guns, 22 fald and moun- In a statement published tain güns,✨ 27: gun carriages, 19 this morning Chinese military radio receivery and a large number authorities express surprise of rifles, zas mark, and rounds and bewilderment at the Jap- of ammunition, recording" to a anese message.
Chinese military spokesman,
si
They declare: “The Chinese tactics may rot be clever but they are the sasse tactles which frustrated Japanese drives in north Hupeh, south Shanghai, north Hunan, north Kwang- tung and south - Kwangsi. "Whatever the Japanese may say, the Chinese will adhere to the tactics adopted in the past. south Kwangsi, unfortunately, the Japanese did not dare to penetrate farther and the speed of retreat was unusual. Otherwise the Chi- nese plan of annihilation-would- have been achieved.”
Speaking on strategic points the spokesman asked "How can the Japanese explain the recapture by the Chinese of Kunlunkwan, a famous pass, for the defence of which they lost one major-gen- eral?"
"As the Chinese supreme commander puts it 'our tactics are to force the Japanese" to " admit defeat without a battle. No Japanese troops will be al- lowed to returo. Either they are killed in the #ghting or perish in the siege.
The Japanese losses in men and equipment in the south Kwangsi battle was unprecedented.” --
· REMOVAL OF ANTI - BRITISH POSTERS
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PELPING. Feb. 17 (Reuter)- According to a reliable report, the local Police authorities have ra- ceived instructions to remove all traces of anti-British posters and to destroy unused stacks of same. The Police are also instructing Chinese shopkeepers to remove "signs in the Japanese language from shopfronts and shop win- dows."
GENERAL STRIKE"
ON FEB. 26-
Maltese To Join R.A.F.
MALTA, Feb. 18 Reuter)-It was announced today that recruiting for the R. A. F. is now open to Maltese nationals under the same conditions as in England.
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About 2,000 Japanese troops are stated to be holding out on the south bank of the Chientang River.
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STATEMENT
BY THE NORWEGIAN PREMIER ON
WE SHALL PRESENT NEUTRALITY VIOLATIONS
THE BILL”
BERLIN, Feb. 18 (Reuter) News Agency, incredible -According to the official
indignation" has been aroused throughout the whole of Germany by the Altmark affair.
invelgh vehemently against Newspapers continue to the "piracy" and the "mur- der"
JAPANESE ADVANCE ( At dawn on Thursday Japanese
The Voelkischer Beobach- ter remarks: Let it be troops crossed the river from the north bank, east of Hsiaoshan, at known in London that the Sanchalu and Paimashan.
tragedy of Joessing Fjord The troops which landed at San-has made up the minds of chalu have advanced southward || all Germans. We shall pre-- towards the town of Anchang. sent the bilL” »-
In the meantime the Japanese forces at Hsiaoshan have launch- ed attacks against the Chinese positions in an attempt to support; their troops crossing the two rivers.
Norway Lost 47 ShipsTM LONDON, Feb. 18 (Renter-The column drove westward ön the way through, German sea war
SUNWEI SECTOR SHLUHING, Feb 18 (Central)— Under barrage
a
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Japanese extent of losses incurred by Nor-
Sunwud-Hokshan highway on Feb, against neutrals are shown in
It was intercepted by the Agures released last night. 14. Chinese at Lientong and subjected Norway lost 47 ships... since "
the start of the Waz and 200 to frontal and rear attacks.
seamen killed. Since then, an- other ship had been sunk, Both Norwegian and Danish pro-
After sustaining considerable losses, it retired to Taimuishan and Sulmalhan.
Full Story Of Action By British Warship: Prisoners Interviewed
OSLO, Feb. 18 (Reuter)-M. H. Koht, Norwegian Premier and at present also the acting Foreign Minister, in a speech at Trondheim, referring to violations of neutrality, said: "The worst case was the Altmark but it is clear that if we are unable to defend our neutrality, Germany will not have acquired the right to carry ́on war in our territorial waters.
"Norway has maintained a policy of neutrality even in the case of Finland. Nor-
way has deep sympathy with Finland but our defence is built up in such a way that we might hope to defend our country but no one can expect aid from us."
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THE PRIME MINISTER "CONFERRED TODAY WITH THE BRITISH MINISTER AND EXPRESSED, IN STRONG WORDS, "THE HORROR AND INDIGNATION FELT BY THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT AT THIS GROSS VIO- LATION OF NORWEGIAN NEUTRALITY.”
To the south of Brival the Chi.teste against the sinking had beeneign nese are closing in on Kutaing rejected by Germany as was Hol- which has been recently taken by land's protest "regarding the Bur- the Japanese. Shatui and Mulkok gerdijk,
are still in Chinese hands.
More than ten Japanese armed launches in the river at Wanling
NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (Reuter) Sunwui district were fired upon
DANISH SEAMEN
President Roosevelt, who is holby Chinese batteries on Feb. 12 APPEAL TO NAZI
daying on board the U. 8. S. Tus- Two of them were sunk and over caloosa, is arriving at the Panama 100 Japanese were killed. Canal zone early on Sunday to
to inspect the defences on the Atlantic side of the Canal,
Els secretary said that President Roosevelt will confer with military, Daval and civilian authorities of the Canal zone.
CHUNGKING, Feb. 18 (Reuter)~~
JAPANESE KILLED FANCHENG, HUFEH, Feb. 18
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An official statement was issued by the Norwegian For-
Office
"The Norwegian Government has asked the Nor wegian Legation in London to inform the British Govern- ment of the episode and to lodge a serious protest against
this violation of the neutrality of Norway? "The Legation has been on the Norwegian Goverment the
Navy be instructed to into her status and the object of ordered to demand that the duty of making a thorough inquiry
NORWEGIAN PROTEST LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter)-The Norwegian protest in regard to the Altmark was received to London yesterday evening.
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CAPT. VIAN WAS IN LAST WAR
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter) -Captain - P. L. Vian, of H.MS. Cossack, served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the trulser H.M.S. Argonant and the destroyer Morning Star in the last war. In 1937 he was up- pointed to HMLS. Arethusa 23 Flag-Captain,
Commander P. H. Hadow). of HMS-Ivanhoe, was men- tioned in despatcher ist De-
· camber, when he was in com mand of HMS, razlióené.
RUSSIAN PRESSURE RELAXES
GOVERNMENT
respect Norwegian neutrality her visit. and to state that the Nor- OFFENSIVELY ARMED COPENHAGEN, Feb. 18 (Reuter) wegian Government expects "She was commonly believed to HELSINKI, Feb 18 (Reuter) Danish seamen sent an appeal compensation and satisfac- be offensively armed and, in view Russian pressure north-east of the (Central)-More than 1,300 Jap to the German Government not to tion, and also that the pri- in assisting the depredations of the the Soviet is concentra ing "men of the notorious part played by her Karelian Isthming has relaxed and anese, were killed during the re-sink Danish ships without warn-soners be handed over."
the mountain
fighting in
Tahung
Graf Spee, there can be little doubt and material in the Summa sector ing and without enabling the It appears that the Germans that she ought to have been re- where a great number of Finnish Kingshan, in Central Hupeh. The ranke northwest 01
crew to take to lifeboats
had refused Norwegian officers' They also appealed to the Bri- permission to
garded as a Fleet Auxillary; if not casualties were caused by Russian Chinese captured a large quantity tish Government to establish con mark...
examine the Alt-
as a warship, and, therefore, the war, planes. of war spotis
question whether she was liable to
The Russians" seem to be using Repeated Japanese
trol ports outside the war areas: thrusts at
internment and the Norwegian fewer tanks, Another batch of scholarship Chilikang near Macheng, in north- SWEDISH SHIPS SUNK
Government to release her prison-
WORST BOMBING students, sent by Sino-British eas! Hupeh. during the last few LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter) It
ers called for d most careful Boxer Indemnity Fund, will leave days have been repulsed.
was announced that two Swedish
examination.
STOCKHOLM,'- Feb. 18 (Renter), -Finland on Saturday suffered the Shanghai on March 1 for America SOMEWHERE IN SHANTUNG, steamers, of about 1,500 tons each,
"That the investigations made worst day of bombing since the war on their way to England for higher Feb, 18 (Central)-Over 100 Jap-have been sunit in the North Sea. It was stated in London last were. however, superficial is a fact, started, according to correspon education.
They are The Linea and the night that "It has been for some as they failed to reveal the pre-dents in Tidningen. Osmed.
time common knowledge that 300 sence of over 300 British prisoners Over 300 Russian warplane, raid- Two Danish ships were lost yesto 400 British prisoners, in quite on board.
ed at least. 14: towns outside the intolerable conditions, were
"Els on
Majesty's Government ar zone but only a handfull were SHIP ON FIRE
board the Altmark. This fact has would have had the gravest killed and there was relatively OSLO, Feb. 18 (Reuter)-A mes also been known to the Norwegian grounds for complaint against the light damage,
Continued on Page 7 unidentified German- vergel "It was, therefore, with surprise burning off Lista, outside Nor-that His Majesty's Government wegian territorial waters, after learned that the Altmark has been having been chased by British allowed to leave Bergen with these. warships.
prisoners still on board and pro- A London message states that ceed southwards, inside Norwegian it is presumed that this vessel is territorial waters, to a Germani the tanker Baldur, which, accord-|port. TOKYO, Feb. 18 (Havas)-Herr Emil HilTerich, direc-ing to today's Admiralty.com- tor of the Hamburg-Amerika Line and a German State munique, was summoned by the the ship, it was to be expected that counsellor, arrived here on February 13 on a special mission destroyer Ivanhoe to stop and the Norwegian authorities would from Herr von Ribbentrop, Näzl Foreign Minister, to inves- thereupon, scuttled herself. tigate the present state and" prospects of Japan-German relations. He will stay here for several months.
terday.
Relations:er says that an Government.
German-Japan
Wilhelmstrasse Sends
Special Envoy To Tokyo
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have thought it necessary to de- tain her, and to make a more thorough. search, if their efforts failed to reveal definite proof of the presence of prisoners on board. FULLY ENTITLED
AHMEDABAD, Feb., 18 (Reuteri -The Joint Board of Representa- tives of the Textile and Labour Association have decided to call a It is understood that the Asama Maru incident was vis (1,387 tons) announce that the general strike on Feb, 28 after the
the reason for the Wilhelmstrasse to dispatch the Extra-vessel has been, presumed lost an fallure to agree with the owners -
ordinary Envoy. regarding the cost of living al-
aremmit of "war measures" to- That they did not do so is lowance.
Ever since September, the growth of this dissatisfaction: gether with her crew of 20 and clearly a situation in which it was The strike will involve 100,000 Wilhemstrasse has been wor-steamship companies refusal to one passenger.
not possible for His Majesty's | ried by the trend of official re- accept aboard all Germans not The Segovia wda homeward | Government to refrain from im-\ lations between Berlin and only those of military age, while bound from Portugal and was mediate action, which, in the clr- Tokyo especially the attitude the Japanese Government banned heard of last when in the Bay of cumstances, they felt themselves of the Japanese masses to all belligerents using the Japan-Placný. Germany.
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The Wilhelmstrasse, considered the solution of the Asama Maru affair a diplomatic defeat for the Reich and an indication of the failure of plans tending to bring Japan's policy to follow the policy of totalitarian "statek --
Korea steamship service thereby practically preventing the Germans to return home via Eiberia.⠀⠀
Upon his return home, Herr Bilferich will have to make a detailed report on JapaNEIG -foreign policy including the
German relations
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fully entitled to take for the liberation of the prisoners......
"If any further justification had been needed, it would have been found in the general conduct by the Germans of the war at sea, BERLIN
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in their total disregard of the German High Command com- munique claims that a British rights of neutrals and the dictates best means to Improve Japan-- Bristol Blenheim machine was of humanity
"Appropriate orders were accord- brought down and the crew drown- Obervers stressed that the mis-ed when British planes penetratedingly given, as has already been stated, to His Majesty's ships, alon of Herr Hilferich indicates Heligoland Bight yesterday, S
which acted with the full approval It is believed that the Wilhelm that German Teaders are seriously FAILED TO RETURNTRE of His Malcaty's Government.". strasse officially expressed its dis- worried at the possibility of ex- LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuter) The "The past history of the Altmark saisfaction to the Japanese For- tension of the European confict Aly Ministry states that it is as and the circumstances in which eign Minister, Mr. B. Arita, for and consider that Japan will be sumed that the aircraft claimed she entered Norwegian waters and, having sacrificed German interests the most important factor in in- to be shot down may be the Briin particular, the part of Bergen, in favour of British policy. Later temational affairs at least for the tigh machine which, failed to re were such as in the view of His several factors continued to the nex few months,
turn after a reconnaissan -fight. Majesty's Government, to impose
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