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Dr. Owen Lattimore
CHUNGKING. Aug. 12 (Central)—Dr. Owen Lattimore, per- sonal political adviser to General'ssimo Chiang Kai-shek, was the guest of honour at the dinner party given by the People's Foreign Relations Association of China at the Chiafing House this evening. The party was attended by over 100 members and friends of the Association as well as representatives of the capi- tal's political, educational and cultural life. The speaker was introduced by General Wu Te-chen, Secretary-General of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, in the capayłty of President of the Association.
to address US 10-
Introducing the guest of honour studied and written about her to the members and friends of frontier history and problema; he the Association, General Wu mode therefore knows Chinn intimately the following remarks:
both her internal and external comprising:
no fliter problems, and We are
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renowned tea will be greatly cher in China for twenty years, instructive to u Nanyang and Petyang Univer-tonight. sities; these two Universities acei the foundation of modern Chinese i education, and consequently Youn China is indebted to him to smail degree. The son has 113 striven hard, and is still doing so. for the welfare of China,
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I want to point out to you how deep his knowledge of Far Eastern
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his far-sighted statement at the commencement of the present Sino Japanese hus. ties. When other American ob- servers expressed the view that China could not resist for any length or time, he corrected them, prophesying that it would be { long war and that the longer Chinese resistance lasted, more convincingly would her in- nate strength be shown
the
He is one of the few Westerners who have not only travelled ex-
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NAZI INFANTRY DIVISION SMASHED BY THE HEAVY RUSSIAN COUNTER-DRIVE IN THE CENTRAL SECTOR
MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Reuter) Soviet troops commanded by Gen- eral Konley continue to deal heavy blows at the enemy, the off clal Soviet news agency reports from the central sector of the front. They routed a German infantry division, captured its artillery and smashed its headquarters, killing at least 3,000 officers and men, rear have also been Enemy reinforcements brought up from the routed.
Soviet troops destroyed 130 tanks, over 100 lorries, many guns and
a large quantity of ammunition.
General Kontev's men continue
to advance, liberating Soviet
Ing the enemy no respite.
JAPANESE, AMERICAN WAR ONLY QUESTION
OF TIME
JAPANESE MILITARÝ TRAIN
DERAILED
CHUNGKING, Aug. 25 (Centra}} Chinese saboteurs destroyed a section of the track of the Nan- chang-Kluklang Railway ncar Yungstu on August 20. A Japan- ese military train was derailed, resulting in scores of casualties.
Japanese troops from Shangkiu. South of the Lunghat Railway in east Honan, invaded Klaotowasu, 6.point in the neighbourhood, and CHUNGKING. Aug. 25 (Central) set fire and plundered many Emphasizing that Japan will try houses. On the following day every means to prevent American Chinese troops and armed civi- aid from reaching Soviet Russia, ans counter-attacked and re- the official Central Daily News covered the place. killing about. 50| editorially characterized Vladivos Japanese.
time,
east of
HIGHWAY DAMAGED
tok as a fuse which might set off On the night of August 16 cm)- a Japanese-American conflict any nese troops raided Tamengchat north of Chungmow on the Lung- Reasons why Japan is adopting hat Railway, 25 miles this policy. According
to the Chengchow. They destroyed Jap- journal, are that firstly Japan is anese defence works. currying the favour of Germany as the latter is her only ally and secondly Japan cannot tolerave Anglo-American ald reaching Rus- sla via Vladivostok and thirdly Japan is already openly opposed to the Anglo-American and pro- gramme and therefore the ques- tion of "face" is involved.
The daily urged the United States to stand pat in the face of the Japanese bluff, other- wise it "w gravely affect the United States' leadership in the anti-aggression front,"
The journal said that at present
On August 15 a Chinese attack was also made at Chenllu, 15 miles southeast of Kaifeng. A section of the highway between Chenliu and Kaifeng was destroyed.
Japanese troops passing in trucks through Yaotowtsun, A village on the north bank of the Yellow River flowing along the Shans-Honan border on Aug. 18 were shelled by Chinese batteries across the river. Two trucks were destroyed and many Japanese were kiled and wounded.
the American-Japanese situationAPANESE EXODUS has reached a stage in which a imminent. Either
showdown
No country will play a more important part in the future of China than America, China's 818- ter Republic across the Pacific. the United States capitulates to
or the Japanese bluff she Japan claims that her
must alms are
destroy Japan, a compromlae be- to establish a New Order in Bast
ing inpossible. Asia, a co-prosperity sphere, but this is only to mask her intentions to dominate the Pacific. Her only far has been to achievement so disrupt the pacific relations exist- ing between the countries in Bouth-East Asis, and it is to the self-interest of thesc countries. and America on the far shore of the Pacific, and Chins to estab-
Consequently, concluded the Central Daily News, "we be- lieve that a Japanese-Ameri- can war is inevitable, and the question now is only a matter of time and whether it will be a declared or an undeclared
war."
lish a new New-Order which will SINO AIR FORCE
make for permanent peare in the Pacific.
Japan's present aggressivo policy in the South has un- settled more East Aslatic coun- tries, such as Indo-China and Thailand. Unless she is halted st once, her aggressions will spread
the neighbouring to countries and endanger the Burma Road, China's only link with the Democratie countries, which is of vital importance in the life-and-death struggle for Democracy.
China
has
been
striving for more than four years .to arrest this disturber of the peace. It she can be alded whole-heartedly with Continued Page 8, Col. 1
guish themselves at the latter place and are apparently finding that Odessa has sharp teeth!
The report that the Hungarians
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LONDON, Aug, 25 (Reuter)--Dutch troops, aided by much of the equipment of modern war, including armoured cars Bren gun-carrlers and Whippet tanks."captured" Birkenhoad and Car- liste yesterday morning. This completed three-day invasion exercise in which Dutch troops took the part of invaders and the Home Guard that of the defence forces,
It
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FROM PENANG
SINGAPORE, Aug. 25 (Central) -"Japanese residents In Penang are continuing to evacuate
the largest and most large crowd and increased traffic island via Bangkok. Many Japan-realistic test of its kind ever at on the roads would cover the ese shops and hotels there have tempted in this country and has movements of parachute troops been closed, while others are re-shown most valuable results both who
would be landed in the ducing their staff.
from the training viewpoint and vicinity of the meeting place. - Most of the Japanese firms in from the tactical defence angle. Alert policé, however, arrested Klang are also closing down due This was a serious attempt at the occupants of the car after to the freesttig order.
testing Britain's civilian defence discovering and raiding the firti scheme, during which the ingenutty columnists' headquarters next to of both sides was given free play the City Hall.
SOVIET WOMEN SET and which lacked much of the
ON VICTORY
MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Reuter)-
lighter side common to this type of practice warfare.
H.G. HOLD OUT
At Carlisle the Home Guard workers held
For two days the Dutch troops and Civil defence RAID HANSHAN The women of Moscow replying to prepared the way for their invasion. the city against the repeated at- a recent message from the women They knew what to do, for they tacks of their better equipped LIHUANG, Aug. 25 (Central)--- 财 London said: "There le no have experienced the real thing in
"enemy." A Chinese bombing squadron raid-power in the world able to shake their own Netherlands. Their co-to their aid and finally, after The Dutch called dive bombers ed Hanshan.
Japanese occupied the Soviet women's will for vic-operating planes bombed and car-fierce fighting, reached their ob- town in central Anhwel on August tory."
ried out heavy "blitz" methods, 7, scoring direct hits on enemy After thanking the women of
even strafing Birkenhead · streets. military objectives inside the city. London for their message the re- Dutch fifth columnists were ac- according to a belated message ply continues: "The women of received in Chungking.
tive and parachute troops were
ines.
PARACHUTE TROOPS
jective.
this
Even the fortunate "arrival of reinforcements was not enough to Moscow are selflessly at work in dropped behind the Home Guard hold the city for the Home Guard. From Hanshan the Chinese factories, hospitals, offices and in
Fighting took place upon bombed Chiangchi, another enemy the field of culture and art. We
ground to which war is far from occupied town, midway between are deeply stirred and moved by
new as some of the Home Guard's Hanshan and Chachalen.
the pledge you took in these his- The parachute troops were not strongest stands were made in the Es Fanshan a highway and toric days. We wish you success effective, being rounded up every shadow of the ancient Emperor waterway town, halfway between in your lust struggle and we are time they were discharged but Hadrian'g wall, built centuries ago the Hwainan and Nanking-Wahn fully confident that the close the fifth columnists easily by the Romans to guard against- Railways. It is about 25 kilome-alliance of the democratic coun- proved their value, fighting with Scottish Invaders. ters to the west of Hohsien, off tries will once and for all do away the regular Dutch troops in addi- which the US. Panay was bombed with Fascism."
tion to their other various ac- and sunk by
Among the signatories to tivities. December, 1937.
the Japanese in
TERRIFIC WAR
are being pressed to send large LOSSES: EFFECT
reinforcements is in keeping with
tae general picture and shows ON MORALE Mar that the 'New Order" is proving This means that part of
LONDON, Aug. 25' (Renter). yoke ou still an increasingly heavy vil-shal Voroshilov's army is
who so "It is unthinkable that the huge miles from the unfortunate vassals
sacrifices which the German people lages from the invaders and glv-battling at least 150
tamely opened the door to Hitler. Leningrad,
When history comes to be writ-have to undergo today do not German troops, sald the agency. A Sovlet cavalry regiment has thrown Nazi units out of a town had "gained fresh ground after ten, it will probably be found that affect their morale," writes the
sacri- Berner Tagwacht. In the southeastern sector front penetrating strongly fortified posin point of suffering and and has captured the headquarters long and storming concrete ill-fice, there is little to choose be- of a German division. About 700 boxes and dug-outs." German dead were left in the town, states a message from Lou-a number of "recently construct those who abjeetly submitted
don.
SOVIET COMMUNIQUE
Elsewhere in the same sector
ed bridges," presumably OYOT Plyusa, are stated to have been captured.
tween the countries which opposed the Axis and were over-run and
Nazi penetration,
to
ROMANIAN LOSSES LONDON, Aug. 25 (Router) - A Soviet communique states that the fifth Rumantan Infantry d vision has lost nearly 9,000 men in killed and wounded while the seven. Rumanian infantry just over 7,000 in killed and wounded.
A midnight communique states:
STUBBORN RESISTANCE During August
24 our troops
The war on the eastern front is fought the enemy along the whole
tenth week front and particularly stubbornly today entering Its In the Kexholm, Smolensk, Gumel without an decisive victory to the
credit of the Germans, states and Dnieper-Petrovsk directions.
During the 22nd and 23rd 01 war commentary by Annalist. The front from,
ORDER OF DAY- August 52 German planes were raging all along the destroyed in air combats. We lost the Baltft to the Black Sea and
MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Reuters 39 planes during the same period. everywhere desperate German as Marshal Timoshenko, Command- Our northern fleet sank two saults are matched by the stubborn ing the Soviet Army of the ten
resistance of the Red troops who tre, has issued a special Order, of enemy transports.
appear, to be fighting back with even the Day congratulating Red Army greater zest and effect than at any units on having inflicted a major time since the out-break of the defeat on the enemy
Presumably, this refers to Gen-
SUBMARINE LOST
the message was the mother of a One clever fifth column trick LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reater). Flight Captain hero of the Soviet was to invite the public by means HM submarine Union (Lieut. R. Union whic lost his life ramming of a loudspeaker car to an open H. Galloway) is overdue and must a German plane with his own alr meeting on the city's out-be considered lost, says an Ad- machine.
skirts. It was planned that the miralty communique
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There is no algu of flaggins eral Kovlev's successful counter-crets"Fatture in the duty of
as a decisive weapon to keep o ture of another Black Sea port-
open. Ochakov-between Odessa and their anything their morale has attack. mouth of the Dnieper, states the been stimulated by the success of offiatal German news agency,
The Nazis report the capture of
·BERLIN CLAIMS LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuters
800 prisoners, 18 aircraft and
Ochakov was isolated.
their skilful defence methods.
In the north, the Germans claim
BLACK SEA PORT LONDON, Aug. 26 (Router)
a local success near Lake Ilmen Berlin radio yesterday claims the and refer encouragingly to the capture of another Black Sea port Ochakov-between Odessa and
after Finns although they do not seem the mouth of the Dnieper River. Marshal-Budenny's retreat across to have progressed materially near states the official German news
the Dnieper N
DAK NORTHERN FRONT The official German news agency last night reported heavy fight- ing between Lake Polpus on the Estonian frontier and Lake Timen,
keeping the mouth shut may cost. the lives of thousands of soldiers and lead to the loss of big battles the German leaders are insisting."
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LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter)-A their goal of Leningrad, Ab
twin-engined bobber was a slot agency, sobre Tallinn is apparently proving as
The Nazis also report the cap-down into the son by a British tough' à nut in the forth...as la Odessn in the south.
ture of 800 prisoners, 18. aircraft trawler wäten it endeavoured to ...and at guns, e
attack the ship, stäten, on "Ad-
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– Ochakov was isolated after Mar-miralty communique,z
The Rumanians appear to have star Budenny's retreat heros No chaunities "or, damage were
110 miles acutheast of Leningrad been offered a chance to distin the Dnieper.
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