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CHUNGKING, Oct. 16 (Central)-One Japanese brigade was wiped out in the recent Japanese debacle on the south bank of the Yangtze River in south Anhwel, according to a Chinese spokesman..
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The Japanese commenced their offensive from Wanchth. 23 Оде October 5. mile south of Wuhu, in three columns "column drove southwestward with Nanling as their objective. another southward along the Tsingyi River to Chinghslen while the third column struck at Shochen near Chinghsten.
The last two columns were: sur- rounded by the Chinese northeast of Chinghsten with their com- munications with the outside cut off.
Between 20 and 30 Japanese bombers heavily attacked the
Americans
Evacuating
Chinese on October 10 and 11 in Peking
an attempt to assist their land
forces to break through the Chi- nese cordon..
GANDHI'S PLAN Who Do
APPROVED Not Smile
INDIVIDUAL CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
:
Hitler's war, as seen through the eyes of a German soldier was ex- -plained--to-me-by-one-of-forty-
| German army lorry drivers" who recently book a convey of lorries WARDHA, Oct. 14 (Reuter) Gandhi's plan for individual civil through Spain to Oporto to collect disobedience, which he has can- the salvage, of the Netherlands, fined to a limited number of perliner Orania, which sank in 1935 sons, has been approved by the at Leixoes
"The Portuguese are the Ørst Congress Working Committee.
Gandhi smiling people I've seen for eigh- It is understood that proposes that in the first instance teen months," he said. "The Ger- are proud but unsmiling, only two persons should court mans
and have been for a long time. arrest
One of them will be an out and non-violent resister and the second will be Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Congress Working Commit tee dispersed after issuing a state- ment endorsing Gandhi's plan of campaign.
TO COURT ARREST
A later message states that the other man is a person... named
"Last. winter's food shortage along the Belgian frontier where I was stationed was very distress- ing, and all old or useless people suffered cruelly.
"Since the occupation the food has been more varied, but, not much more plentiful.
BAILWAYS DESTROYED "Much leave has been granted
Vinoba who will daily squat onto the shock troops, who have the floor and propagate the Con-been sent to French seaside and They have .not. gress doctrine of non-violence in health resorts
Some 800 Japanese succeeded in Envoy's Wife Among such a way that it is hoped that been sent home, as travelling is
PUBLIC AUCTION, breaking through, but they have
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Friday, the 18th October, 1940 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
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A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:-
been intercepted by the Chinese in the vicinity of Nanling. SERIOUS LOSSES
the Government will be forced to limited because of the 'destruction for the ralways in France and Bel- arrest hun. The Evacuees
It is thought that Jawaharial glum. PEKING, Oct. 14 (Reater) The Nehru and Vinoba will be billed "Repairs have been slow because United States Nayy Department to address a mass meeting at a of the metal shortage, which is has ordered the withdrawal from time and in such a way that the still acute. This many-miled trip. at the cost of a quantity of pre-
More than 2,000 Japanese based Peking of dependants of the Government of India could not I'm doing is to collect metal plates at Tungling and Tatung simul-American Embassy Guard num-overlook. taneously attacked the Chinese athering 40 women and children. Gnadhi himself has apparentlycious petrol.
"I found the French people un- decided to remain outside jail in
the sociable but unresentful. We were order to personally control movement and ensure Its strict told to fraternise with them, bút
this was difficult.
Chungkiao In support of their comrades rear Chinghsien, but have been thrown back with serious losses.
The Chinese war haul in- cluded many rifles and arti)- lery pieces and a quantity of ammunition.
Of the remaining 540 American civilians here, 70 requested for evacuation at the earliest possibl date while 100 others want to leave it the situation worsens,
The rest of the civilians are de-
Several Embassy families; in-
limitation
INTO
"Men with farming knowledge have been drafted into France to
undertake the whole of the har Įvesting, as many French farmers
have refused to help!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1940. -PAGE
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the German pavilion at the Liege
The harvest has got to be in Water Exhibition which celebrated Germans
sirous of departing only if a grave SHOTS FIRED crisis is precipitated.
VILLA A Tunk report reveals that
"BUCHAREST, Oct, 13 (Reuter)— Linan 35 miles west of Hangchow,cluding Mrs. Nelson T. Johnson, Cheklang, has been recaptured by wife of the Ambassador, and her Revolver shots were fired into a the Chinese after a brief occupa- two children are sailing by the villa rented by the Air Attache of got to be plentiful. We are not Canal believed by "Belgians to be tion by the Japanese.
liner President Coolidge from the British Legation on Saturday. going to face another winter like of more strategic than economic
importance, the last." Shanghai on. Nov. 7
No one was injured...
In Klangsi, following their re- capture of Matang, strategic point Teakwood Bed Room, Dining on the south bank of "the Yangtze Room, Drawing and Office Furn!- River. 47 miles below Klukiang. Chiuese have reoccupied ture, Chesterfield Suites, Carpets, the;. Rugs. Cutlery, Clocks, Pictures, several strategic belghts north and Curios, Ornaments, Cameras, Bino-west of Matang, including Fortress culars,
Yellow Gramophones," Records. Hill, General Hill and Electric Lamps, Heaters and Fans, Hall, Porcelain, Glass, E. P. and Brass Ware, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.
also
A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD
AND RATTAN FURNITURE
and
1 Radio-gram
1 Telescope
1 "Kelvinator Refrigerator
>>
IN FULL FLIGHT
FREE FRENCH MOVEMENT
IN SYRIA
Another height south-west of PROGRESS' Pengtseh. south of Matang., has also been redecirptea
The Japanese in that area are now in full flight
After their recent rout, the Japanese at Kuyung and Kintan
in
RETARDED BY ARRESTS emporary but possibly precario
equilibrium has apparently been secured in Syria as the result of a the arrest or retirement of a num- South Kiangsu, launched fresh attack on the Chinese past ber of high officials, writes Rea- correspondent in Hons at Huangkingshan nearby ter's special on October 7. They are reported | Cairo.
quickly and safely. And it has the inauguration of the Albert Economising
On Planes
I asked him what was the Ger- "We had orders to watch any man soldier's view of the much-interesting detalls on the Meuse
LONDON, Oct. 14 (Renter)The advertised invasion" of Britain. side or elsewhere," he said, "and
the New York He shrugged his shoulders. "It our employers boasted that Ger- correspondent of t
to his must succeed" he said, "because man troops would be there quickly Herald Tribune reports
paper that the Germans seem to all the Fuehrer's plans do. Eng- and not peacefully. land started the war by arrogance "But no one thought that just be dropping their mass air attacks
CELEBRATIONS and deserves punishment for her thirteen months later we would on Britain. They are now resorting
IN SPAIN
Honour Conferred On
his colleagues repeated his parrot-like and, stirely enough, it is understood that two British phraseology and intonation.
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war gullt, for the thousands of shatter the canal whose strength to hit and run raids.
The reason, he thinks, Hes in German war dead and for the we had helped to celebrate."
the (Hester Marsden-Smedley in the the German desire to cut dead of her allies and friends."
heavy losses of planes, When he said this it sounded
During the past week, the Ger- ships are, being fitted up in Hong-mans have lost eight times kong to be sent to Vladivostok to many airmen ag the RAF. The President Of Peru
This soldier said he had been pick up British subjects who have Germans lost 68 planes and their evacuated from Rumania crews and the RAF lost 43 ma- MADRID, Oct. 13 (Reuter)-employed since the spring of 1939 been
travelled to that port chines, but the pilots of 28 safe, Yesterday was the "Day of the driving lorries between, Aix-la- and who Spanish Race" and special atten Chapelle and Liege for work on via Siberia. tion was paid to the occasion as
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1 Chromium Plated Standard Lamp
1 Pair Standard Lamps
to have been repulsed with heavy | casualties.
AIRFIELD SHELLED
The majority are French of Nationalist Spain aspires to cul- cers and officials and includé M. tural leadership of South America. Erhart, Councillor of the Ministry
The newspaper Arriba Bays!
of Finance, M. Gulnat ol the "The Falangist generation of Spain
A significant success was scored Economie Ministry, and M. Andre'offers to Latin Americans not
On View from Thursday the 17th. by Chinese artillery units yester-Grasset, a high Surete official.. academic speeches but the pro-
October, 1940.
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Free French
And Belgian Friendship
In Africa
LONDON, Oct. 11 (BWS)-A communique Issued by the head
day morning when they heavily
These arrests, coupled with the mise of universal destiny."-- bombarded the Japanese airfield severe control by the Vichy Gov- The day was marked by the re- at Ichang.
ernment's representative, General sumption of diplomatic relations Fourteen of the ZU grounded Fougere, on all aspects of life, with Chile and the conferring of Japanese planes were destroyed
have apparently halted tem- the Collar of the Order of Isabel while the remaining 15 were for porarily the Free French move a Catolica upon the President of ed to take to the air.
ment in Syria, which, however, is Peru. extremely widespread.
FIRST LORD'S
OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK :
EXTREME - DEPRESSION
The
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The Prime Minister entertained general atmosphere in Syria is one of extreme depress- Spanish-American, diplomats and contrasting strangely with other arrangements for the day the air of activity when France included the celebration was still at (war. Roads and Special Mass by Bishop of Madrid any amount fields, previously crowded with for South Americans who fell in soldiers, armoured cars and artil- the Spanish Civil War, a gala con NO REPETITION OF Lery, are now deserted and much cert and exhibitions in the Retiro
of the army equipment is already and the Foreign Ministry. placed in stores in the centre of
DAYS OF JUNE
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the country,
A liner is lying in barbour
Airport News
LONDON, Oct. 13 (Reuter) quarters of the Free French forces, Speaking at Manchester yesterday describing the 'official visit paid by Mr. A. V. Alexander, First" Lord of waiting to repatriate troops to General de Larminat, Governor the Admiralty, said that although France. General of French Equatorial problems remained to be over- Syria is already suffering from Africa, to M. Ryckmans, Governor- come and dangers lay ahead, Brt a great shortage of petrol, ofs and General of the Belgian Congo, táin could not be beaten.
some foodstuffs. says that before leaving Leopold-Mr. Alexander sald the Navy's ville on Oct. 10, General de Larminat work had been increased by the A strange feature of the coun was given an enthusiastic farewell French fleet surrender which had try's economic, life is the appear by a huge crowd of Europeans and given the enemy bases from which ance of huge quantities of British announced yesterday morning that
natives.
He was seen off by the Governor of the Belgian Congo, The plat form was decorated with Belgian flags. He Inspected a guard-of- honour and the Belgian and French national anthems were played.
FAITH IN ALLIES ··
In the course of a demonstration
his U-boats were operating. “
This was a situation they had not reckoned with but it had been met.
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sovereigns which are displayed due to a slight mishap of the in bowls by street moneychangers American Clipper at Guam a in Damascus and elsewhere. They striking a coral head when taxi- are being sold for the equivalent ing to position for a take-off, the arrival of the China Clipper has MINE MENACE
of 45 shillings each, The magnetic mine menace had The explanation is believed to been delayed 24 hours and she will been overcome, our trawlers gave be that they are part of some of arrive here tomorrow (Wednesday to Box 502, H.K.D.P. as good as they got when attack-the gold distributed by Lawrence Oct. 16).
ed from the air, our submarines of Arabia many years ago which, Accommodations were not avail patrolled outside enemy ports and owing to the crisis, is now reachable in Guam to take care of the convoys sailed and arrived withing the light of day. clockwork regularity.AN
at the residence, before General de Larminat's departure, the Gover nors-General of the two allied colonies exchanged speeches, in New ships were arriving in which they reaffirmed their faith steady stream from our dock- in the allied cause.
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General de Larminat emphasised
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Italians Afraid To Raid Malta
"There may be new fields of
LONDON, Oct. 14 (Reuter)
Wool and model desired, to be supplied by customer.
Send particulars of address, etc..
The "WE" have, an outstand
87 persons aboard the America, ing assortment of latest American
China and Philippine Clippers, dresses for all occasions and price to suit all purses. Call at "Vanity The American Clipper was de- layed in Guam only 24 hours and Shop" (Lazarda) Pedder Street. left for Wake Island yesterday on its regular scheduled flight.
Experienced Book-keeper Wants the symbolic significance of the war opened up," Mr. Alexander
The next Clipper due here after students to form a class. Guaran- demonstration at Léopoldville, as it declared. "and there are troubles According to an American corres- meant resumption of relations and tribulations ahead, but there pondent at Malta, Hurricane air-the China Clipper will be the tee students to keep a whole set of which official France broke off will be no repetition of the dark craft there are making Italian California Clipper which will ar- books after completion of a course Please Apply to:-Box under the German dictate, in spite days in June when even friendly bombers and fighters very shiy of rive here, on October 23. She will of 6 months. For Term and Par- of the secular friendship between observers doubted our ability to attacking the island whose deten leave again the following morn- ticulars.
hold out
ces were recently reinforced, the peoples of the two countries,
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