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BARRAGE COVERS TROOPS: HEAVY JAP. CASUALTIES
CHUNGKING, Sept. 17 (Central)-Offering · stiff resistance to the new Japanese offensive. Chinese troops maintained the upper hand on the western sector of the Chengtai Railway in Shanal," according to military advices from the Shansi front.
The Japanese, bent on revenging their recent reverses, have massed about 10,000 men at Yutze and Yangchuan and madë simultaneous pushes toward Yuhslen, north. of the railway, and Pingting and Shihyang, south of the railway. Bitter engage- ments have taken place on both sides of the railway. Continuing their sabotage work killed
the
SPAIN TO JOIN AXIS?
Senor Suñer Drops
A Hint
GENERAL
Conscription Bill Is Signed By President
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)-President Roosevelt, at a brief. ceremony at the White House in Washington yesterday, signed the Burke-Wadsworth Conscription Bill by which some 18,500,000 men be- tween the ages of 21 and, 33 became liable to military service.
SITUATION IN INDIA
In a proclamation accompanying the measure President Roose velt announced that the Registration date would be October 18..
Simultaneously the President! LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuter) issued the following statement: "Spain's position at present is one "America has adopted selective ser- of non-belligerency but that must vice in time of peace and in doing not be interpreted as disinterest- so she has broadened and enriched edness,” said Senor Saner, the our basic conception of citizenship, Spanish Minister of the Interior. "Besides, the clear Democratie, in an interview with the Voelkis-Ideal of equal rights, equat pri- BREAK WITH GOVT. cher Beobachter, says the Berlin "vileges and equal opportunities, we
have set forth other duties, obliga
and wounded and a few official news agency. Chinese have done further were taken prisoner. damage to the railway, paralysing traffic. The Japanese retreat is said to have been cut.
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He continued: "Spain has her tions and responsibilities of equal SIMLA, Sept. 17 (Reuter)~-~
Gandhi's address to the All-India' order in service,
"In thus providing for the na- Congress Committee In Bombay A report from the east Hupe Europe and when the right mo front states that Chinese troops ment comes, the leaders in Spain tional defence we have not carved yesterday is interpreted bere as that the immediate will give the order for action".. a new and uncharted trail in the indicating In south-east Shansi the Jap there are counter-attacking the anese at sincheng are hard Japanese with considerable suc-
As regards the Sparish Empire,, history of our Democratic Institu-question of relations between Con- pressed by the Chinese who have cess. The Japanese have retreat-he said: "Spain has no demands in tions, we have merely reasserted an gress and the Government of India launched attack after attack upon ed to Tuanieng, a town
on the Europe since the word demand old and accepted principle of De is not regarded by Gandhi as hay- ing been determined with any the city with increasing fury. On north bank of the Yangtze River, cannot be applied to what would mocratic Government"
really be restitution."
The first contingent of 75,000 finality. September 13 they succeeded in 40 miles below Hankow, after los-,
The fact that he is prepared men will be in uniform about al forcing an entry into the city ng taopano and Pangkaeping.
month after the nation-wide regain to see the Viceroy suggests killing and capturing some 500 two points in the neighbourhood
that he is willing. to explore the gistration is completed. " Japanese and seizing a quantity of Tuanfeng.
Subsequent quotas will be call-position further.
The resolution "ed up in batches of 100,000 or 125.-
passed by the 000 men, to reach a total of 400,000 Congress Working Committee yes- by January, and 900,000 by the terday is recognised as possessing certain conciliatory aspects while Spring.
definite assertion that Gandhi's The new law also provides for the conscription of industry to the there is no question of mass civi. extent that (overnment may take disobedience has created consider-
of military supplies. Japanese The Chinese are pressing to reinforcements called in from
ward Tuaniere, having destroyed Changchin on the same day were Japanese defence works and com-j ambushed by the Chinese, sustain
munication Unes around ing heavy losses.
'town.
In south Shansi about 1.000 Japanese troops launched an attack against the Chinese at Hrunwangtsun. north-east of Klanghsien on September 14 They came in two enlumns
from
south the north and covered by a heavy barrage. At least 700 shells were fired. Stubborn résistance was put up Dy the Chinese
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Un the moming of September 13 Chinese troops broke through the Japanese lines at Sanchalting and Tsuszemiao. south of Esia- hsten in south Shansi, in a fierce asult. They fought with hand- grenades, and bayonets, inflicting considerable casualties
upon the
enemy.
the
AIM FOR EMPINĖ-- Earlier in the interview, Senor Suner said his visit to Germany was a sign that Spain was remain; ing true to her natural policy.
"We have warded off those who formerly attempted to be our mas tera and now we are free, In that we are not alone in Europe, and HANOI-KUNMING that pire which we have declar ed to be the aim of our policy can- not be realised by us alone; t demands the harmony of other sary. nations.
AIR SERVICE
Suspension Reports Denied
CHUNGKING, Sept. 17 (Reuteṛ) -The reports that air passenger and mail services between Hanoi and Kunming had been interrupted were denied by the Ministry of Communications which stated that the air services between China and French Indo-China were continu- Ing as usual.
Is
"Nobody need be surprised that in an hour when we seek associates we turn to those who
over factories on a rental basis whenever it is considered neces
U.S.-AUSTRALIA
were victims of the same in- DEFENCE
justices as we."
SPEAKER.
ELECTED WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Rehter) It was further stated that not-The House of Representatives, by only the Sino-American China Na acclamation, yesterday elected Re tional Aviation Corporation mach- Presentative Rayburn, of Texas, ita ines are operating the service be Speaker in succession to the late
Mr. William B. Bankhead,
A surprise attack was also made by the Chinese at Wallwan, north tween Hanoi and Kunming but Sino German Eurasia Cor: of Changtienchen, under cover of, the darkness on September 12. Fight-poration is at present also opera ing continued till the following morning when the Japanese were routed. Some 400 Japanese were
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Japanese Bombers Glide To
Objective
FOUR RAIDS ON CHUNGKING
CHUNGKING, Sept. 17 (Reuter) Japanese aircraft yesterday sub- Jerted Chungking to four raids in four hours. There were two alarms the first of which was sounded be- tween 8.30 am and 10 am and the; second between 11 am, and 2 p.m.) There were three raids during the) second alarm,
A squadron of nine Japanese
the
GOERING OVER
· LONDON
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Renter)- Field-Marshal Goering, who is directing the operations of Hit- ler's air feels against the Bri- tish Isles, on Sunday night set out from France, piloting him. self in a German bomber to take a flight over London,
This is according to a claim by the German news agency.
bombers raided western JAPANESE TIGHTEN suburbs of Chungking at 9.15 a.m. | MAIL CENSORSHIP
demolishing the suburban office of the Central Bank
CHUNGKING, Sept. 17 (Centrair Three batches of nine bombers-The Japanese are tightening each raided Chungking about noon, mall censorship in Shanghai, bombing the western suburbs, the According to a Shanghaj re- north bank of the Chialing River port, between 300 and 400 letters and also the south bank of the have been censored by Japanese Yangtze River
censors at the post office at Rue
AGREEMENT?
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuter --Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary
of State, had a lengthy conference
Jable interest.
The decision of Congress to in- vest Gandhi with fell powers will, it is felt in official quarters here. tend to obviate the possibility of any abrupt action by Congress that would lead to a complete break with the Government of India
COASTAL GUNS IN ACTION
yesterday with Lord Lothian, the British long-range guns
LONDON, Sept. 17
(Reuter) -
an the,
British Ambassador, and Mr. R. G. south-east coast' on Monday took Casey, the Australian Minister, on up an attack on French Channel matters which were stated later to ports, be particularly concerned with rounds.
Australia.
firix about. two dozen
German guita jater shelieu The conference is believed to
Dover the first shells"-arriving have dealt largely with Japan's while the main streets were moves in French Indo-China and crowded with shoppers. They ran
possible implications for the
to the abelters. Eleven people Australia.
were injured but no deaths were There has been speculation that reported. the United States and Australia The Germaus fired four salvoes might form a defence agreement over a period of 10 minutes and similar to that recently concluded then ceased fire.. with Canada.
ROME CLAIM
WEATHER BREAKS
IN CHANNEL ROME, Sept. 17 (Reuter)—A LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter- communique fasued in Rome yes- While everyone was talking about terday claims that in the eastern ¦ the possibility that Germany might | Mediterranean Italian motor tor attempt her invasion of Britain pedo-boats have sunk an enemy last night, because of the full moon submarine.
ang high tide, the fine" weather The Italians also claimed that broke for the first time in some an enemy cruiser was attacked by days.
Itallan air formation and Low clouds, mist, heavy rains "squarely hit by a medium-sized and a choppy sea-that was the bomb...
weather bulletin for the Channel,
an
THE ROMANS HAD A
MAGINOT LINE
Move the Hne which separated the ancient Roman Empire from the barbar aus so as to include Scotland, replace the names Germania and Sarmatia by their modern equivalents, Germany and Russ'a and you have something very similar to the map of the present war
After eighteen centuries, the same problem still remains
unsalved. Which side will emerge victorious, the Mediterranein world, or the barbarians of the north?
If we study the map of the the parapet, so that there was a
Changing their tactics, the J-Massenet in the French" Conces- ; panese, instead of launching large-ston. Most of these letters were Roman Empire, we notice that the jump of thirty feet from the ton scale mass bombing attacks
on sent from the interior, describing frontier lines are heavier in some of the parapet to the bottom of Chungking, are now using a com the high morale of the people and places than in others. Those the ditch.
FOR 150 YEARS paratively small number of aircraft the progress of reconstruction in heavier frontier ines just for the purpose of maintain-Free China.
ing bombings of Chungking.
––SUDDEN APPEARANCE-
During the second alarm the
mark the
Wall of Trajan, the Maginot Line Two hundred paces behind this, of the Romans. The Emperor he built a stone wall with watch Domitian had the idea of building towers. Then behind again there Tortified trenches along part of was a road, connecting fortified
second group "suddenly appeared MONETARY GIFTS frontiers of the empire to camps, about a mile apart. A
over the city dropping bombs on the north bank of the Chialing River.
No hum of engines heralded the approach of the ralders and only the crash of bomb explosions betrayed their pre- sence, the raiders apparently having switched off their en gines and glided towards
Chungking when "some dis- tance away from the city.
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prevent invasions by Germanic second line of trenches, parapets there hordes which devastated every with a wall completed thing in their path. The Consul fortifications. LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)-Trajan, who commanded the This defensive system, a remark- £15.000 was subscribed by the troops lo. Lower Germany, was able achievement for the time, Lord Mayor to the Sydney Fund given the task of supervising the began where now the Bavarian town of Ratisbon is situated, went for Relief in London within a few, work......' minutes on Monday. The Lord
westward and ended at Mainz' Mayor of Brisbane has cabled an- A few years later, A., 98, about 300 miles from its start.. other £25,000 from Queensland, Trafan was himself proclaimed Trajan's Wall held out for a The Victoria Fund now stands emperor, but as emperor he was century and a half. It was about careful not to forget what he had AD. 250 that the Germans pene- .at £120,000...
learned as consul. On his orders, trated it at several points. The Governor of Punjab has the fortifications which had been cabled £7,500 from the Punjab begu under Domitian were branch of the War Purposes Fund strengthened and lengthened, while the Governor of the At first, the wall had been a SHTUKWAN, Sept. 17 (Central)-. Mr. Ku Kwel-hran, dean of the United Provinces has sent one lakh mere trench. & ditch, about ten to
of rupees. College of Agriculture of the Ling-
feet wide and eight feet deep, had LONDON. Sept. 17(Reuter)- nan University, passed away at The British War Savings Move been dug with a parapet about One of the German planes brought ablukwan yesterday afternoon. Hement in India reports that savings three feet high, In earth, behind down on Sunday was chased onto contracted dysentery and malaria for August totalled over £60,000, it; surmounted by a fence of poles an RAF aerodrome where in the while
on his way from Hongkong bringing the total since May to of about the same height: Trajan words of one of the British airmen,
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