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WOOSUNG SETTLES DOWN TO TRENCH WARFARE.
HEAVY JAPANESE
CASUALTIES.
BATTLE COMING ON THE CHAPEI FRONT.
STRAY SHELL VICTIMS.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
SHANGHAI, Feb. 10, 11.25 a.m. HE BOOM OF HEAVY GUNS from the direction THE
of Woosung Forts evidences the resumption of the battle, which has proved so costly to Japanese arms, this morning. Every Japanese attempt to cross the creck has resulted in heavy loss of life, and for the moment, trench warfare, with the creek as no man's land, is the order of the day.
THRILLING AIR BATTLE OVER SHANGHAI.
BOMBING PILOT OUTFOUGHT.
HEADLONG DIVE ARRESTED.
(Our Own Correspondent),
Shanghai, Feb. 10, 10.09 a.m. At three o'clock yesterday after- Įnoon, a Japanese aerial feet ap peared over the Chapel front from the direction of Woosung. There were three squadrons, each of five planes, flying in triangular forma-
in
Chinese troops engaged in repelling a Japanese attack in Chapel. Note the curious position of the bar of hand grenades, perched on the top of the parapet.
Suddenly, heavy burst of machine gun fire from the air was N, K. K. heard and all eyes turned towards
SHOT
sky to witness the moat Trilog air battle since the Chinese took the air against their
opponents.
The spectacle was particularly impressive for those who witness
the encounter from the region Dixwell Road,
A resumption of the campaign in Chapei, on a big scale, is hourly expected and a warm exchange of fired between the Chinese and Japanese artillery has been in progress this morning.
Japanese arredanes are exered ingly busy over the Chapel front this morning, dropping homes, while the Chinese anti-aircraft weapons belch intermittently,
though only once lave they proved effective
against ninchines.
CAPTAIN LEAGUE COUNCIL
DEAD.
SNIPER ON THE RIVERBANK.
TO WAIT.
SHANGHAI REPORT
DISCUSSED.
JAPAN'S THREE
POINTS.
THE TARIFF PARADOX.
CABINETEERS VOTE WITH OPPOSITION.
London, Feb. 9. THIRTY LIBERALS, in-
Tcluding three members of
the Cabinet, Sir Herbert Samuel, Sir Donald Maclean. and Sir Archibald Sinclair voted against the Govern- . ment to-night.
The main interest when the de- bato on the tariff policy was re sumed in the House of Commons, centred on the speech by Mr. Wal- Ter Runciman, the Liberal · Presi- | dent of the Board of Trade.
The Govern- ment, e cald, were very xious over the financial silun- tion of the
JAPAN'S DETERMINATION. country
-
Pruc-
ticully half the world had adopted a sterl
MEAN TO DRIVE ng basis for
OUT CHINESE.
(Special to "Telegraph")
their curren-
cles. and i wo
balance our
budget and re-
duce, the ad-
verse balance of
Shanghai, Feb. 10, 8.26 a.m. trade, there There will no negotiations is
reason
Mr. Runciməmmə
SWIFT AEROBATICS.
(Special to Telegraph."} Flying considerably lower than Japanese the other machines, a
Shanghai Feb. 10, 8.20 am. solitary Japanese bombing plane was seen
It is reported that Chinese At least ten persons were into be engaged by a small Chinese afternoon in, th Kiangwan Dis- cavalry went into action yesterday
Geneva, Feb. 9. jured yesterday as the result of pursuit plane.
The special meeting of the for a settlement of the Sino- why the sterling circle should not this indiscrimate use of the guns. There was no mistaking either trict, and reachd the Japanese Leaguo Council requested by Japanese lasues until the Chinese be extended. The tactics of the Japanese aera incuding the wife of Chief Detee machine.
defence lines. They As the Japanese craft
halted when hbstly summoned Consular
were only China following the receipt of the forces have been driven out of or The adveise balance of trade planes in launching all their bomb- tivn Inspector
have Robertson. She tore awkwardly through the alr
Commission's first re Shanghai, farther than the range settle itself, owing to new fac retired voluntarily from could not, however; be allowed to reinforcements of Japancre in Yu Yu Road trying to escape its swifter and ing raids from the direction of the was walking
marinca port on Shanghai, opened at 6.39 Settlement are enusing extreme when she
barred their way. struck by two more easily manoeuvred opponent,
p.m. te-day.
of their biggest guna.
tera connected with the concentra- disquiet in the International Settle- peers of shrapnel
from a shell the Chinese plane dipped and Takahasi, of the N.Y.K., was shot
it is also reported that Captain Mr. W. W. Yen, invited to speak,
This statement was made to-day tion of gold and the new customs ment and Frenchtown,
Over twenty shells have fallen
riends evered Mrs. Robert-opponent, directing its machine to Lunchwa abrond, the Company's America were taking steps to stop bern removed from this ares, then
Consulate, who declared: it was announced that Britalo and to-day in the Settlement, the Can- sun to hospital, where a piece of gun
fire at the Japanese plane tender.
"When the Chinese troops have cession and Nantao, and there is metal which had. lodged in ber[écanelessly,
The air was alive with the sound no sign of restraint being exercis-cheek was removed. She was ablr
we shall look to the proper nu- ed in the employment of the guns,¦ ta procted home to-day.
of machine-gun fire.
thorities with whom to negotiate."
-Rentor.
WILS
Bulch explosiend within a few yards. circled over and under its heavier dead yesterday when proceedini reniten that at their last meeting by the spokesman of the Japaneso | barriers which had been set up......
"CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE."
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Shanghai, Feb. 10, 11,25 a.m.
was
in-
were
was fired from the river bank by It is stated that the fatal shot
ja Chinese aniper. The Japanese authorities are protesting to the Chinese authorities regarding the
The Royal Observatory reports that the northern portion of the anticyclone has moved eastward, a Reparate anticyclone
hostile and to uphold repara- Hona.
He then read Mr. J. H. Thomas's tatement and said that the speech of the British delegate-had-re- ceived sinister confirmation.
Situation More Critical,
AMERICAN JUMPS OFF FERRY.
BROKER REMOVED TO HOSPITAL.
revenuu,
Yield of Tarif. The tariff was also important from the viewpoint of The basic ten per cent. duty would result in additional income to the national exchequer “of “£30,000,000 without increasing the cost of liv-
It would also give confidence abroad in our determination to maintain our currency. Further- more, the strain on the direct tax- payer must be reduced.
CHINESE ON TOP.
Suddenly changing, its cours :|tragle affair. the Japanese plane banked and fawerved into the upper air, climb. SHELLS OVER BUND, Elsewhere on the Chapel front, ing steadily, but slowly, in an The Settlement behind the Bri- Troops were flowing into China The charge of the Chinese the combatants did not come into effort to get out of the range of tish and American defence lines, from Japan in an ever increasing cavalry. swordsmen mounted on contact, though the Japanese are the deadly fire of its small at- continue to be extremely danger measure. In Manchuria, they China ponies. en strongly held plainly preparing for another blg|tackor.
ous Three shella yesterday after-¡ have now, occupied Harbin, and Japanese positions in the northern offensive. The numbers of men. The Chinese machine raced noon passed over the British Con- have now 75,000 troops in the ter- sector of the Chapel front yester manning their front lines are overhead and overtook the Japsulate and across the Bund and ritory. In Shanghai there are}
The Main Object. tiny afternoon. was a brillant constantly being increased, large anese plane, gluing the upper fell into the Whangpoo. They did 25,000 meu and twenty-seven ; piece of work, necording to re- bodies being concentrated at the position and swooping down, bank-not explode.-Router.
Mr. Runciman went on to em- transports are ready in Japan to As the Star Ferry Company's
con- İtable witnessed,
points immediately opposite ing and swerving, pouring an in-
move spon China.
"Northern Star" was crossing the phasise that the supreme
Alderation of the Government was The Japanese, who manned strategic Chinese positions. cessant rain of michine-gun fire
There was no sign, he said, of harbour at 5.56 yesterday morn-the consolidation of the Internal machine-gun posts, were taken Shellfire
exchanged at its opponent.
e change in Japan's Intentions. ing, an American climbed the rail- completely by surprise, The cessantly all day. There
The Japanese plane started a
The situation, which was already ings and threw himself from the nancial position, especially from swordsmen Kanshed their way rumours that midnight last night downward dive, suddenly checking
critical, had become more critical upper deck. Attention was drawn in the history of the crisis since
the viewpoint. through the first line of defences was to be "zero hour" for the ts drop over Hongkow Park to
to his plight in time to enable at began last June, he said they and inflicted heavy Casualties. Japanese, but this morning it was bank again and commence another over China. The depression since the Inst meeting.
promut Генсия to be effected. several machine-guns falling into evident that the project was still Climb.
about 200 miles south of Kobe, Commerce Paralysed.
Suffering from the effects of the had been able, partly through the the hands of infantry following in abeyance.
Again the Chinese attacked and moving N.E. The local forecast:
integrity of their financial houses North winds, freek; generally Mr. Yen then read despatches plunge, the man was taken to the Artillery from the Hongkew the Japanese craft seemed
outling the evolution of events in removed to the Government Civil to maintain trade at a surprising- Police Station and subsequently and the enterprise of their people, Re Range-continues to bombard check itself abruptly in midair, the cloudy.
Shanghai, resulting in the paraly-
ly high level while the rest of the the Chinese lines this morning. lot or the engine having appar
grown The patient has since been world had markably short distance from the sing of commerce in the world Hospital. Many of the horses were shot without doing material damage is ently been hit by a bullet.
progressively down but the bulk of the force far as can be observed.
ground. It sped upwards, just city,
identified as Eckard Howell, aged || poorer,-
The conftience which beep The latest event was the bomb-32, and described as a broker of were fighting fiercely slashing
clearing the housetops and esesp-
shown in Britain had been of The plane staggered and thend towards Woosung, the Chinese ing of an ombulance and the Philadelphia. IIé arrived here onestimable value and had helped
in ve plane being high up and moving wounding of an American lady the 8.a, President Van Buren, and commenced what appeared Officials and manfoos are at headlong downward dive to destruc-in the other direction, thinking enged in an errand of merry. tempting to-day to move fifteen tion. Hundreds of spectators were that it had achieved its purpose.
is sald to have intended to pro-ther to maintain price favola, which had scarealy altered since hundred ponies from the Klang rushing to the scene expecting to
Mr. Yen went on to say that cead to Singapore. It is supposed that the Japanese the zelf-restraint and moderation Enquiries at the Government Cecillast summer... The fight was raging fiercely Wan Racecourse by a circuitous find the wreckage, when they ob pilot was hit, but recovered from of Chinn under these conditions Hospital this morning elicited the Sterling as a 'Baals. when some light field guns were route round the actual aphere of served the plane to suddenly right the first shock in time to save his needed no emphnals, but there information that the patient was brought into play, opening fire at the operation.
Itself and straighten up n re-machine and life..
(Continued on Pago 7.)
recovering from the offects of the close range.
The moving of the animals is
provious day's adventure. He is The horsemen then abandoned | necessitated by the gradual ex-
being cared for in an ordinar ward. their gallant sortle and returned tension of warfare in the Klang. the way they had come, having wan District, where fighting is escaped comparatively - lightly | going on near the village, while while
leaving many Japanese much bombing, alarming the killed and wounded on the scene ponies, la being carried out by of the engagement,
Japanese aviatora.
up.
HORSES SHOT DOWN
with thoir long swords at the RACE PONIES' PERIL. defenders of
the second line
of defence, before strong marine reinforcements brought them to standstill.
JAPANESE THROW FRESH MEN
INTO WOOSUNG BATTLE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Shanghai, Fob. 10. 11.25 n.m. trenches and heavy artillery
em-
A terrifle bombardment of the placements farther back, present an Chinese machine-gun nests on the unpleasant prospect, even if they north alde of the Woosung Creek, aucceed in crossing the creek, opened this morning.
which is very doubtful.
The Japanes have strengthen- ed their positions during the night, while the Chinese have also been busy re-erecting the emplace
CHINESE CLAIMS.
The Chinese defence of Woosung Forts is boing exceptionally well
aro
manta battered about in yesterday's handled, this possibly leading to shelling, which however did not the rumours that Germans prave very effective,, high explo- the directing force. The Chinese sive being of little use except with claim that their losses so far have a direct hit.
bean. negligible, while heavy
The bombardment is believed to casualties have been inflicted on
be a preliminary to a fresh assault |by the Japanese troopa ✅ to-day. -Their-ntimbars have been added to,
but the several lines of÷Chidasó||
their adversaries.
Shanghai,
Fob. 10. muin interest in thi
BRILLIANT ESCAPE.
A HONEYMOON "SCANDAL."
USE OF PUBLIC
49
“A great deal of Northern Europe. was working on a sterling basis, Argentine was practically under sterling influence, India was link» ed to sterling, Austrolin' Was also working on sterling, and Canada was somewhere between sterling and dollars. Northorn Europe countries were sotting the paca and others would probably follow, well satisfied with the fact that: sterling provided them with a solid f basis.
This could only continue if they:. FUNDS ALLEGED. paid their way and the Budget.
(Continued on Page 7.)
(Rautar's Special Service).
Ottawa, Feb. 9. The honeymoon trip to London f Major Herridge, the newly- inpointed Canadian Minister to Washington, was the subfoot of ni notion in the Canadian Parlia-| ment to-day,
As a result, n apocial committeo appointed to Investigate hnroos that the Premier, Mr. R. 3. Bennett, had approved of the
ayment
of Major Horridge's sxyanses * from public Tande whereas Main Harridus, v married Mr Bennett's later was ngaged on personal red legal
who
STEEPLECHASER KILLED.
GRAND NATIONAL CANDIDATE..
(Reuter's Specialɛ/
Londen, Feb. Another candidáta forthe Grand National:wne: killed (to-da