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FOUNDED 1881 五拜禮 銚十二月八英港香
No. 15201
AUGUST FRIDAY,
20, 1937.
日五十月七
SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS
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The World's
Master Tyre
JAPANESE HALT CHINESE THRUST
Reports Of Victory Proved Groundless
DEFENCE LINES IN HONGKEW UNBROKEN BY DETERMINED ATTACKS DURING NIGHT
Shanghai, August 20 (12.10 p.m.)
The Shanghai garrison headquarters announced this morning that the Chinese had captured the Nippon Yusen Kaisha's Wayside Wharf, thus cutting the Japanese land communications between the neighbourhood of the Japanese Consulate and lower Yangtsepoo, but either the report was somewhat previous or they have since been dis- lodged, for there is no sign of them there now.
The Chinese announced Wayside Wharf was captured late last night after a three-hour battle. Chinese trench mortars set fire to the N.Y.K.'s Pootung Wharf across the Whangpoo, also. However, Lieut.- Commander Eiichi Yamanouichi, staff officer at the Naval Landing Party Headquarters, denied the occupation and sent correspondents to see for themselves.
From the Post Office corner, on North Szechuen Road, to Yangtsepoo Creek, and on to Lay Road, we travelled and it was revealed that the Japanese not only control Wayside Wharf but all Hongkew, except for a relatively small half-moon sector in the middle of the northern sector, of which Tongshan Road is still the southern boundary. That is as far as the Chinese have advanced.
A sentry mounted on the running board of our open automobile accompanied us when we left the Japanese Club, headquarters of the Idzumo's landing party, and men fully dressed, their rifles beside them, sleeping on chairs, floors, even billiard tables. With a helmeted chauffeur and orderly, Lieut. Koga accompanied us on our inspection tour.
We know now that the Chinese | tically as the Japanese planes į made their strongest effort to break | swooped spectacularly on the aero-) through to the Whangpoo beture drome. The dozen bombs they midnight, but apparently it fulled, | dropped shook the entire Settlement, There was plenty of evidence to show sending many scurrying for shelter the attackers had not got us far p5 miles from the scene. Seward Road in any appreciable
STOP PRESS
CONSULATES CLOSED
Moscow, Aug. 20, The Soviet Consulates at Pograni- have been closed, according to reports from
chniya and Sakhallen
harbarovsk. The action is ascribed to "the outrageous regime created
for Soviet Consulates in Manchurin." -Reuter.
SAFELY EVACUATED
Shanghai, Aug. 20. At 8.20 .m. to-day the Dollar Line tender left the Bund-side for the President Hoover, oft Woosung.
Parrott, which are carrying third ftoad, and the south of Seward It was probably much closer ex-class passengers.-United Press. Roud, lacked any sign of a battle, plosions which frightened the people though it is certain that the north in the Settlement, it is now
numbers, if indeed, any except snipers NEARED SETTLEMENT escorted by the destroyers Edsall and ever got there ell. Kungping
at
dis-
end of Seward Road saw heavy covered (7.30 a.m.). The Japanese fighting until after midnight.
BURNING OUT SNIPERS
the
planes are now concentrating on the Klangwan Docks and the Nantas Arsenal area.
Now one of the planes has crossed i the Whangpoo, and is bombing Poo-|
On East Broadway, opposite China Merchants lower wharf, we were showered with sparks from haltung.
a block of burning buildings which
MORE COMING
Shanghai, Aug. 20.
men are
HONGKONG A SAFE REFUGE
These pictures, taken at the Kowloon Wharf this morning, show women and children
who have been forced to leave Shanghai coming ashore from P. and O. liner Rajputand. (Photo:
BOMBERS ACTIVE IN S'HAI
Chinese Attack With Telling Effect
Shanghal. Aug. 20 (9 a.m.) Chinese planes swooped over the Whangpoo River early this morning and bombed the Japanese war fleet there, causing enormous confusion in The the International Settlement. Japanese ships furiously returned The attack with anti-aircraft machine-guns—Reuter.
and
For fear of another Nanking Road incident, Settlement police kept off everyone from the Bund except those having legitimate business.
Anxious Moments
The United States destroyer No. Three hundred British the Japanese themselves had set 210 has just steamed up the Whang- leaving for Hongkong by the Blue afire to rout out three snipers. These poo, presumably preparatory to Funnel steamer Mayon, whilst 300
At 11 a.m. American women and men met the same fate as any rabbit escorting refugees to the President British women and children and two
children were proceeding down river smoked out of a log.
Hoover, which is anchored off Wou-men are boarding the same Com-
by tender and two destroyers, to Proceeding castward along East sung.
The tender will not leave.pany's Patroclus. River ships were board the President Hoover at Woo- Broadway we saw across the Whang- however, until the bombing ceases. laden with Chinese refugees pro- sung for Mulla, during the height
the brightly burning Mitsul | United Press.
eceding to Ningpo this morning of the raid. Showers of shrapnel Wharf in Pootung, not the N.Y.K.
Renter
fell around the refugees when the Japanese anti-aircraft guns went into action.
200
whart as reported previously.
The entire district we covered was free from hostilities, dend or wound- ed. There were no disturbing sounds, except apparently haphazard artit-
from
lery salvos and a few snipera' shots, and
constant challenges Japanese bluejacket sentries
United Press.
SHANGHAI HEAVILY
BOMBED
The day shift of office boys arrived ai the United Press omces. breathless to-day, announcing they had nar- rowly escaped death at the hands of
However, Japanese bombers.
it
transpired that the planes dropped
FIGHTING AROUND
GAOL
Shanghai, Aug, 20. British warders at the Word Road to-day telephoned to Central Police that Chinese and Japanese were fighting around their building with machine-guns and rifles. However, they said they were not endangered.
United Press,
SCHOOL BOMBED
Shaoghal, Aug. 20. The fleet of 18 Japanese planes which ralded the northwestern sub- urb of Shanghat yesterday bombed no bombs near the International and demolished a dormitory of the Sollement, but in the vicinity of Chinan University, on institution Lunghua aerodrome.
owned and financed by Java and South Seas Overseas Chinese. One Chinese student was killed.
One report from an observer of the effects of the borrba from these
One Chinese doctor was killed and planes states the marksmanship was more accurate than heretofore. The two wounded soldiers were severely first bombs fell on Lunghus at 7 a.m. injured when the planes rained The lone Chinese anu-aircraft gun bombs on the Swastika base hospital
at Lunghua, which is the only at Nenziang.
modern aut-aircraft weapon' here as
far as we can discover, popped fran-
Considerable damage was niso dona
(Continued on Page 7.)
Shortly after the Chinese planes flew away, a number of Japanese bombers re-appeared, and at noon they were still active.-Reuter.
Shanghai, Aug. 20.
A feature of the Japanese air raids
Staff Photographer),
JAPAN BLAMED FOR OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES
Strong Attacks On Tokyo's Policy
FRANCE SUPPORTING
PEACE PROPOSALS
London, Aug. 19.
POINTED WARNING TO JAPAN
LIMIT TO FREE HAND IN CHINA HEAVY BRITISH,
LOSSES
London, Aug. 20.
"It is time Japan learned that the free hand which she desires in East Asia will, under no cir- cumstances, include licence to play havoc with the lawful in- terests of Britain," concludes a lengthy editorial in the Times itt dealing with the situation Shanghai.
The joutual says that Japan's recent actions in North China have oriented her the sympathy of the world, and her impetuous adventure lose her
something more than sympathy.
recourse
with
in Shanghai deserves to
On a blatantly insufflelent pretext. to and without adequate medintion, she started war China, and is conducting that war by methods which include military tres- pass on the property of neutral Powers and which have already directly caused heavy financial and material losses to Britain and other countries,
and
BLAME EACH OTHER The recent British, French American offer to guarantee the pro- * tection of Japanese nationals in Shanghai If bath sides withdraw all their extraordinary forces from the Municipal area has been refused, and each side blames the other for its non-acceptance.
The fate of this reasonable plan is likely to be the fate of all outside altempts al conciliation, Yet the rights and property of British sub- Jects should be no less inviolable on the other side of the world than they are on this, remarks the journal.
BAD IMPRESSION
If the news from Tokyo, that Japan rejects the British plan for a neutral zone in Shanghal is confirm- ed, it will create the worst impres- slon," declares the Dally Telegraph diplomatic correspondent.
The
declares that correspondent
will Inevitably the conclusion drawn that the presence of Japanese forces in Shanghai is not due solely desire to safeguard local Japanese Interests, but to pursue by full possible micans an aggressive
campaign against China-Reuter,
be
Nanking Raids Frustrated
Four Japanese Planes Shot Down
The air
Nanking, Aug. 20, defences of the capital scored another signal victory yester- day when four Japanese bombers were shot down in the vicinity of Nanking during two altempted raids on this city within the space of six hours.
Military Headcfuarters here state that the Japanese raiders started with Kwangteb in Anhui province as their objective, but changed their plans and
turned toward the capital when one and burst into flames,
of their machines crashed at 1 o'clocit
the
Knowing full well that Shanghai is an international city and that the Chinese dislike the principles of extra-
approaching Nanking, territoriality, the Japanese anchored the cruiser Idzumo
Invading ralders were intercepted by alongside the Consulate-General, comments the Weekly Chinese planes near Chuyung, scene of two scintillating aerial battles last Review.
week: One Japanese bomber was The Japanese in this way provoked the Chinese to shot down near Chuying, after which the Japanese planes made their retaliate in such a manner that the peace of the
scape.
At dusk, another squadron of planes International Settlement has been seriously endangered. appeared over
the capital.
resulting in two of the Japanese
Anti-
to the south of Shanghai this morn- ing. when the Shanghai-Hangchow Railway, the Chinese dockyard and The world watches the onslaught with profound aircraft guns were brought into play. other strategic points were bombed, was the uns for the first time of regret that the Japanese have so acted that none of the machines being shot down. Chinese anti-aircraft guns from Nan-powers involved in the fortunes of Shanghai can be fin lisiaolingwet in the Sun Yat-sen Ano. As a result, the Chinese coun- tered the Japanese ale attacks most effectively.
indifferent to the outcome.
same
One of the Japanese bombers fell
Memorial Park.
The other plane crashed at Lang- O. M. Green. In an article in the | published in to-day's issue of Pravda jehl, killing one of its six occupants.
the periodleat, says madness of the Japanese military cularising
utter in consequence of the diplomat elre Chinese troops ars evanbing the Genity for the five members of the clique fills one with Ineredulous
bomber's crew which CRUNDI ---
foreign
correspondente
Broving the fire of Japanese war- lps, Chinese planes flew across the shilps,
in the Japanese lines, especially esastern district of the Settlement, amazement. Japan has put herself here on August 16 with his version Central Neus. and dropped bombs with telling in a position from which it will be
of the raid on the Soviet Congulale effect. The eastern sky was soon a dimeult to withdraw without bad pall of smoke from buildings wilch | loss of face, while' to advance means were hit. Whole blocks went up in she will sink deeper and deeper into fumes.
the bog.tenter.
Pravda's Attack
MUST NOT FIGHT
Shanghai, Aug. 20: The American Consul. summoned
(Continued on Page 7.)
Moscow, Aug. 10. A remarkable attack on tits Japanese Ambassador-in' Moscow:in
in Tiental on August 1. The Soviet had attributed the rald to Japanese soldiers.
PILOTS CAPTURED
Nanking, Aug, 25, Three more pilots of 1. Japanese Provda describes the Ambassador's | bombiša planea which took ;, part. It action as "a mthy proclamation of air raids over the Capital Mat week, anti-Soviet propaganda," and accus- have been taken prisoner: in Che- ed the Ambasador with abusing his xians where they went foreid, to land, official position in such a manner arter being disabled by Chinele gun- (Continued on Page 74) — — Kabayang (Continued, on Page Tij.