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VIOLENT ASSAULT ON FOREIGNER BY HONGKEW PATROL.
WOOSUNG BATTLE
CLAIMS.
JAPANESE ADMIT TO 65 LOSSES.
OBJECTIVE GAINED: O.C. SHOT DEAD.
CONTRARY CHINESE
VERSION.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Shanghai, Feb. 15, 10.16 a.m. THE REPORT OF AN EYE-WITNESS that
over seventy Chinese dead were counted on the Woosung battlefield after the Japanese had succeeded in crossing the Creek at one point, testifies to the heat of the engagement,
Rear-Admiral K. Shlexawa, erstwhile commander of the Japanese naval forces In Shang- hal, whose DASS to Mr. G. H. Parkes was torn up by Japanese reservists yesterday.
BRITISH RESIDENT BEATEN UP.
ANOTHER JAPANESE RESERVIST OUTRAGE IN SHANGHAI.
ADMIRAL'S PASS TORN UP
(SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”).
JAPANESE RESERVISTS, engaged in patrol duty in the Hongkew area, have again proved a law unto themselves, a British resident being the victim of a violent attack yesterday, according to a special report received this
HIGH TENSION AT morning.
GENEVA.
AFRAID OF AN ASSEMBLY.
was stopped by the reservists, who demanded to know his right to be in Hongkew. He exhibited two passes, one of which bore seal of Admiral Shiozawa
the
Shanghai, Feb. 15, 8 a.m. A well-known British resident, Mr. G. B. Parkes, the manager of The Hygiene Company, house and office cleaners, and formerly on the stall of the Shanghai Public! There were not only not good School for Boys, was badly benten enough for the reservists; they up yesterday by a gang of fifty tore them up, pulled Mr. Parkes
out of his ear and violently Japanese reservists in Hongkew.
Very grave allegations regard-saulted him, and then detained the
although the Japanese command claims that DODGE TACTICS. in the tivities of these resur car. every objective was gained and that their losses were small.
The Chinese insist on the accuracy of the report which gained currency all through Shanghai yesterday that the troops who forced a crossing found themselves opposed by overwhelming numbers and were practically annihilated.
The Chinese further claim that an offensive carried out in the region of Kiangwan Racecourse yesterday resulted in the recapture of some important positions, which are being hastily strengthened to meet any Japanese counter-attack
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Geneva, Feb. 15. Mr. W. W. Yen declares that be is determined to pursue China's appeal for a special meeting of the League Assembly if the Council declines to take the initiative.
vists, against Chinese civilians in; particular, have been made re-
NAVAL AID.
General Ma Chan-shan, the hero of all Ching for his brilliant campalga against the Japanese at Nonal River and Taitsibar, has now fallen badly from grace, according to latest reports from Manchuria, Indicating that he is now willing to throw in his lot with Japan. Our photo shows General Ma (centre) with Mr. M. Homai and Colonel Itagaki, who were sent to make overtures to the Heilungkieng leader,
A CAMEL MAIL SERVICE
PERSIAN POSTAL
PROBLEM.
(Rautor's Special Service).
Teheran, Feb. 14,
The old fabic
of the tortoise
TIDAL WAVE
DISASTER IN
GRIM NORTH.
ESKIMO COLONY WIPED OUT.
ཡན་ ་
and the hare seems to be applica- VICTIMS IN ICE
tle to the fute of aix hundred sacks of foreign mail and ten tons
pentedly since the trouble started. Mr. Parkes eventually found of inland mail which is lying and it is probable that strong his demands will be made as a result of this intest incident.
VIOLENT ASSAULT.
way to
the Japan stranded midway between Kazvin ese naval headquarters, where and Resht.
a naval ollicer gave him in escort Other methods of transport.) and ordered the release of the car. have failed and the authorities
It is understood that the matter are now sending fly camela tol is being referred to the British bring the mail Into Teheran. he Consular authorities.-Reuter,
Mr. Parkes was driving his car the in Hongkew yesterday when
The Japanese attitude has also been elarly defined, The pa
will appuse esp delegation Chinese action on the ground of procedure and will protest against the transfer of the dispute tui Article Fifteen of the Covenant.
JAPAN'S STAND.
The Japanesi delegation, which
is headed by Mr. Sato, the Ambas isador to Belgium. denies
YET ANOTHER DIVISION AND
BROKEN
PROMISE,
...
COMPANY REPORT.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE
COFFINS.
(Reuter's Special Service),
New York, Feb. 14.
A terrible story of disaster in |the wilds of the Frozen North has. just reached Nome, Alaska.
absence
of com.
[{uman bodien, encased In sheets of ice, are the sole grim relies of the tragedy, which in- volved the complete wiping out of seven Eskimo villages by severo floode to the east of Nelson Island PROFITS. Shanghai, Feb, 15, 8 a.m. sertion of the Settlement to Hong-|
In the Bering Sea. Much critieni comment has been'i kew.
The catastrophe occurred -junt The report of the Directors of Whatever the netual result of Found themselves opposed by
The Division, over 9,000 men.the Humphreys Estate and before Christmas, it is understood, that made on the fact that the Japanese, the bitter engagement at Wiusung regiment of Chinese troops.
Japan has threatened to resignaler specific promises to the Con- has now been billeted in the empty Finance Co., Ltd., for the year and details have only just come on Saturday, experts believe that
CAPTAIN SHOT DEAD.
from the tongue if the Assembly sular authorities that they would houses in Hongkow, evacuated by ended, 31st December, 1941, states through because of the
not land their troops within the refugees. immediate
the
that the net profit for that period, of any direct means attempt by
The Japanese ollirer leading the is convened.
boundaries of the International!
CAVALRY LANDED. after deducting directore and munication. Japanese G.0.0. to reupy Wuo-
They point out that it is a mat- rush across the waterway was shot
The Division unloaded
General Managers remuneration some
Whole District Flooded. sung Forts is to be, expected, dead, with a ballet through the ter for the Japanese Government, Settlement, disembarked the whole
cavalry. howitzers and light ent and including $47,775.60 brought
from Inst account, The whole district, from Nelson The losses likely to attend fur-heart, while directing the opera- if and when the decision regarding of the Japanese Nath Division at
heavy field guns, all of which forward
| amounts to $420,921.89, which the Island to Cape Romanoff, appears ther assaults are held to be unten. He was Captain Yamusto, the meeting of the Assembly has Yangtszepoo.
Seven Japanese transports car passed through the Settlement. and it was chiefly his cool during been taken.
roughly Directors recommend should be to have been flooded by gigantic It is understood that ried the Division, together with warranted inasmuch re the olfen- which brought silceess to the ear
COUNCIL RULING.
tidal waves, which awept cross complete field equipment, guns, two thousand additional troops appropriated as follows:
while Pay a dividend of 37 & bonus the area, trapping the Eskimber sive value of the Forts has been lerprise.
Rester learns that there is no tanks and so on. They were tied have landed at Wooaung,
of 4% on 150,000 old shares, who perished by scores. His men, undismayed by the loss
at six more transports are coming up $180,000; pay a dividend of 8% obliterated and the Japanese troup-
with truth in the report that Mr. Yen up at the Japanese wharves of their officer. advanced
As the waters were subsiding, which they river to-day with the main body bonus of 4
on 50,000 new heavy frosts descended over the ships have passed through safely machine-guns for a short distance, has been induced to withdraw the Yangtszepon, after
la marched through the north-eastern of yet another Division-Reutershares (ranking for dividend a region. As a result, many of the Saturday's heavy attack was to the south-west of Waasung Vit-application or to renounce
from 1st May, 1931.). $40,000; victims were found imprisoned in launched, it is believed, in order lage, and after a highly success rights, although he has been in
transfer to a Rebuilding reserve, ice-coffins, ful attack, they gained the area formed that his letter, cannot to cover the arrival of transports, required.
have
the effect of keeping
$150,000: carry forward, $69,924,- rights in being Indefinitely. which have arrived with sich
A private meeting of the Coun- rapidity that it has been impossible)
cil to consider the position is being held to-day. The public session. which was originally fixed for to- day, will probably be held to-mor Fow-Renter
to keep track of the number of
EXTREME BRAVERY.
A number of Captain Yaman to's men, said the Baison officer. Japanese troops now in Shanghai. will be recommended for gallan
It is believed that when the newtry in the field. division arrives to-day, the num- All sectors of the Chinese and ber will be about 27,000.
JAPANESE FIGURES.
The Japanese report that as
Japanese Hines were quiet last night, beyond a light bombard-) ment of the Chinese positions in Chapei by the Japanese gunners result of the fighting at Woosung at Hongker Park. There was on Saturday they suffered sixty-sound of intermittent enipping in five casualties, including fourteen Hongkew, and severe fighting in killed. The Chinose casualties are skirmishes between reconnoltring unknown, while they claim that the parties in the Woosung arch i casualties inflicted on the Japanese also reported, were at least ten times the figures announced.
CHINESE CLAIMS.
CHINESE MILITARY CLAIMS.
Shanghai, Feb. 15.
YOUTH WITH 14 CONVICTIONS
SIX MONTHS TERM FOR THEFT.
hin
STOP PRESS.
KOWLOON THEFT
CASES.
PORTUGUESE LADY ROBBED.
89.
Directors Since the end of the financial year, Mr. J. H. Taggart resigned his sent on the Board. In accordance with Classe 86 of the Company's Articles of Asso- ciation Mr. J. Scott Harston, Mr. J. M. Alves and the Hon. Mr. C. Mrs. Britto, of Wing Lok Build-Gordon Mackie retire but being ing. Kowloon appeared as com-eligible offer themselves for re-i
election. plainant in two cases at the Kow-
Auditors. The accounts have Landon, Fob. 15. loon Magistracy before Mr. Fraser been audited by Mesara.Percy British anxiety over the danger- this morning, when amah Smith, Seth and Fleming, and charged Mesara, Linstead and Davis, who
offer themselves for re-election.
DOLLAR REMAINS
BR
UNCHANGED.
LONDON MARKET.
IDLE.
IRISH ELECTION CRIME.
CANDIDATE AND A
DETECTIVE SHOT.
London, Feb, 15, The atmosphere of comparative placidity in which the Irish general election campaign has been pro ceeding, was shockingly disturbed yesterday at Foxfield, Co. Leitrim, where terrorists shot dead a de- tective and a Government Party eandidato, the Dail Member for the division in the last adminis tration.
DUB potentialties following the named Wong Lan was landing of Japanese troops in the with theft of a coat, other pieces In prosecuting a young Chinese Settlement is denoted by the flam- of clothing, and cooking utensils, for stealing from a pedestrian in Hollywood toad on Friday $2.60 In headlines under which the and Kwok Pui, an employee of the Wing On Company, with theft of monoy, Inspector Shaftain, news is printed.
a stalugite, a honing stone, a pas- The Neive Chronicle Genova cor- tel and mortor. Interviewed at Chang Hwa Pang Brief artillery action occurred before Mr. Wynne Jones at the last evening, Major General Shimo on the Woosung battlefront, but Central Police Court this morning respondent says the situation is moto's Halion officer stated that, there was no new battle. The produced a record of thirteen pre-
-Inspector Elaton said the amnh
Both the detective, whose name after extreme gallantry on the Chinese maintain that the heavy vious convictions against the de-ncknowledged to be not merely was employed by Mra, Britto, and
was McGeehan and the Dail Mom- part of neveral companies, the Japanese casualties which they fendant
ber, Mr. Reynolds, were witnesses His Worship remarked that the alarming but humillating, part-it was alleged by defendant that Japanese aucceeded in crossing the claim to have inflicted in the cor-
The Hongkong dollar remains at an inqueat last week on a Re- waterway at Woosung, where they rect version of Saturday's battle. defendant had had a bad career cularly Japan's "outrageous" do her wages had not been paid, as a
during 1924 and 1925 but he had mand for the retirement of Chinese result of which she took away the unchanged at 1s. 6.3/16d. on de-publican leader, when allegations wore made against the Civic through 1926 without a troops for a distance twenty miles, articles complained of. With remand. the market being lifeloss.
Guard.-Reuter, conviction,
There is no change on the Lon- The correspondent discusses the gard to the second defendant, it proposed offensive on the Chapel Inspector Shaftain (smilingly):
New York reports an advance of The Chinese military comman- and Kiangwan fronts. RegimentsWithout being caught, your possibility of the withdrawal of was alleged that Mrs. Britto owed dou silver market, which is idle.
a Worship.
and soms money to the Wing On Cam-half a cent, with the market firm. ders claim big victories over the are brought into action with Japanese at three different points, vlow to cutting off Chinese come
Worship:-Without convic
Rays Britain is unable to take such pany, and thinking that his Com-l Including the Chapel and Klong munication between Woosung and tion; I profor my way. wan fronts. It is stated that Kiangwan and Chapol. The The defendant was sentenced action without a Cabinet decision, any had a claim on Mrs. Britto's
property, ho took away the Mr. J. L. Qule, Secretary of the a decisive battle with the Japanese Chinosa estimanti that 10,000 to six months'
hard labour, and and Sir John Simon's return to statuette and other articles. In-Humphreys Estate and Finance Co. enabled tho recovery of the Japanese are now on, the Chapel placed under police supervision London in interpreted as evidence spector Elston concluded by saying Ltd., has reported to the palled that at
It is and and Kiangwan fronts. Kiangwan racecourse.
the Japanese suffered heavy
of a desire to have the fullest au- that other things were reported about 10.16 a.m. yesterday, someone Severa encounters occurred yes.
Building his overcent, hat and a pair casualties,
traced to the defendant.
of gloves, to the value of $60, Chinese military headquarters terday morning the Chapel front.
There were packed houses at the thority for any decision he may missing, but they could not be tole from his office at Alexandra
His Worship bound over both further declare that the failure of The Japanese attacked and made King's Theatro yesterday for the have to take when he returns to thoir attempts to captur
In a Woo little progross.
Brst showings of "Tons of Money," Geneva later in the week.—Reuter, the defondants, the woman the British film featuring Ralph Lynn,
suraty of $50 for 12 months and the other in a sum of $25 for the aame period, A
for two yeara.
sung has led to a Japanese decision The Chinese suffered casution Sheer farce, the film was immensely to abandon the offensive and to amounting to about 100 men kill enjoyed. Decidedly a picture which -concentrate-their---efforts--in-the-od-Renska;-
should not be missed.-----
Ambassadors from Japan,
Lady Peal la to distributes carti dates at the 17th anniversary and thanksgiving social of St. Paul's Gri Paid Follege di 5 p.m. on March 2nd.
PRIME MINISTER ·
WARNED.
SPECIALISTS ON EYE TROUBLE.
· London, Feb. 14. Mr. Ramony MacDonald, has beon ordered to take a complete cost for three weeks by specialiste who have told him that his sight will require greater care than It has been receiving-Reuter
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