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No. 15380
六拜硷號一十月二十英港香 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11,
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FURIOUS BATTLE RAGING FOR NANKING
DESPERATE Many Killed As Scottish Trains Collide FIGHT BY JAPANESE MARCH INTO SETTLEMENT TWO COACHES
DEFENDERS
Japanese Troops In Inner City Meeting Stubborn Resistance
BUT CAPTURE IS ONLY
MATTER OF TIME
Nanking, Dec. 11.
The fate of the city appears to be sealed. Chinese soldiers, running the gauntlet of a vigorous Japanese offensive from three sides, are making a last desperate stand to defend the nation's capital against capture by the Japanese.
According to a Japanese report, early this morning the situation of the Chinese defenders was f'extremely critical", although their staunch stand is being continued despite the incessant pounding of their positions by Japanese artillery and the bombardment of communication lines and concentration points by endless relays of Japanese planes,
-Blood-ran dark on the cobbled streets of Nanking last night as the Chinese fought des- perately against the advancing Japanese.
According to Japanese reports the honour of being the frat Japanese troops to enter the historic walled Inner City went to a force commiand- ed by Colonel Wakizaka.
When the news of the success of Colonel Wakizaka's troops reached the main forces beyond the walls, there were lusty shouts of "Banza!" from thousands of threats, ricing above the unceasing of rifles. machine-guns, trench mortars uni howitzers. An hour later held wireless brought congratulations
from General Matsu), who added: "I highly appreciate the successful attainment of your difficult task."
Further Assaults
лож
Japanese sources state that seven other bodies of Japanese troops with
large number of tanks are attempting to force their way into the city from the north-east Fouth.
und
A way of retreat is still open to the defenders across the Yangtze bul unlem they slipped out during the night, Nanking is expected to be a death trap for them to-day, when the Japanese acroplanes resume their activity.
Chinese circles admit that further defenco has no milltary value, but is important as a symbol that Chino
will realst. They assert that the loss of Nanking is like the loss of Shang- hol. It marks only a phase of the war-Reuter.
To Command Garrison
Tokyo, Dec. 11. The Imperial Headquarters an- nounce that Lieut-General Prince Yasuhiko Aankn, zone-in-law of the (Continued on Page 4.)
Uncompleted Gun Left
To Museum
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Japan Won't Recognise Government
Berlin, Dec. 10.
The news that the Japanese Cabinei will not recognise Marshat Chiang Kai-shek's Gov- ernment after the fall of Nanking is published here without com- meal
I reliably understood that the German Government is not likely to follow the Japaneso example.-Reuter.
JAPANESE ARMY
WILL RULE
Predicted Fate Of Occupied Chinese Areas
Tokyo, Dec. 11.
Plot Against Delbos' Life Discovered
French Police Find Terrorist Plan In Cypher Letters
Lille. Dec. 10.
The French police arrested a Hun- garian when he crossed the Franco-
Delidan frontier to-day and seized cypher letters which, it is alleged, revealed a plot to assassinate M.
Yvon Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, during his Central European
tour,
of
M. Lebeau, Governor-General Algeria, is also stated to have been one of the intended victims of a A group of international terrorists, number of warrants have been issued for further arrests.
It is revealed that the attempt to assassinate M. Delbos was to have been made at Prague, where M. Delbos is due to arrive on December
15. Special precautions were taken to guard the French Foreign Minister after he left Poland two days ago...---| Reuter.
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LEGIONNAIRE ARRESTED
Paris, Dec. 10. It is announced from Progue that information from the French police, the Czecho-Slovakian authori. iles have arrested a one-legged ex- soldier of the Foreign Legion, and with
to churged him
planning assassinate M. Yvon Deibos.
It is stated that he admitted the authorship of the cypher letters seized by the French police. He is said to have a grievance against the French Government from which he claims compensation for disability due to military service.—Neuter.
STOP PRESS
FIRE HINDERS RESCUE WORK
London, Dec. 11.
This historic march of Japanese troops into the International Settlement of Shanghai occurred on December 4. During the procession a bomb was thrown by a Chinese spectator and an Englishman was roughly used by the crowd of Japanese civilians, bul otherwise there was no serious incident..
TELESCOPED BY EXPRESS
Edinburgh - Glasgow Flier Crashes Into Dundee Local Train
WORST RAILWAY MISHAP
IN OVER TWENTY YEARS
London, Dec. 10.
In one of the worst railway accidents of recent years, 34 people are believed to have lost their lives when two trains, one from Edinburgh and the other from Dundee, collided at Castlecary to-day on the London and North- Eastern Railway.
Twenty-six bodies have been recovered and others are
PRES. HOOVER being extricated from the mass of wreckage. At least 40
HARD ASHORE
TAIKOO TUG RUSHING TO AID OF WRECKED LINER; 650 PASSENGERS ABOARD
Manila, Dec. 11. Information has been received that the Dollar Line's President Hoover, with 650 passengers aboard; has grounded on a small island south of Formosa.-Reuter. German Steamer Alongside
San Francisco, Dec. 11.
The President Hoover sent out à radio message that she had gone 'aground on a sunken reef at Latitude 22.40 North and Longitude 121.28 East, near Hoishoto Isiand, south of Formosa, last night.
She is carrying a total of 883 persons, including passengers. and crew.
Hongkong's Importance Stressed
Former H.K. Editor Quoted On Dafance Of Last "Open Door"
London, Dec. 10.
The periodical, Great Britain and
The German steamer, Pruessen, is alongside preparing to transfer the passengers, and no attempt to refloat the liner will be made immediately. -United Press.
DESTROYERS TO RESCUE
Manila, Dec. 11. The destroyer Barker is proceed- ing to the President Hoover from Olongapo and at dawn the Navy authorities were preparing to despatch another destroyer from Manila.
Messages did not reveal the cause
are injured in this, the worst train disaster since 1915 when the Gretna Green disaster took place.
One train ran into the rear of the other. Villagers rushed to the railway station to help the victims. They used improvised stretchers pending the arrival of am- -bulances-across-the-show-bound.countryside from nearby
towns.
HAPSBURG ESTATES RESTORED
Vienna, Dec. 10. The decision to restore the Hapsburg estates is not thought to bring the restoration of the monarchy any nearer, but merely shows that Dr. Kurt von Beluschnigg, the Austrian Chan- cellor, is in sympathy with the monarchist principle-Reuter,
"HANDS OFF" WARNING BY PRESS
Japanese Paper In Shanghai Advises Third Parties
Shanghai, Dec. 11. Reviewing the Issues involved in
of the grounding, but apparently there the current Chinese customs prob-
no storm at the time. It i
WRB
Influential
possibly due to the fact that the course lem, the Shanghai United News, an is unfamiliar, since the liner is not advises third parties to exercise a Japanese newspaper. yet calling at Shanghal. The extent
Pres.
of the damage is not known,United "hands off polley in the matter.
that This journin! asserts it Was it was clearly understood negotiating Customs a as in organ of the
FIRST MESSACES IN H.K.
abat Japan In
An earlier ofcial announcement of the death roll placed the number of victims at 24, but more bodies were believed to be in the wreckage.
A storm was
the raging when Edinburgh-Glasgow express crashed Into the rear of the stationary local passenger train from Dundee. The engine of the express was thrown down an embankment and two coaches were telescoped and smushed to pleces.
Terrible scenes followed, dead ord Injured passengers lying in wrecked compartments and in the snow beside the line. Butes were requisitioned to take the jured to the hospitais and Improvised stretchers were used ambu- mending the arrival of the lances.
Passengers on the express are re- ported to have included a number of Cameron Highlanders on Christ- mas teave from Catterick.
The wreckage was set on fire to provide light for the rescuers.
One survivor said that before the crash he saw a man running on the line waving a lamp, evidently trying to stop the train.-Reuter.
LOYALISTS FAR FROM DEFEAT
Attlee Tells Of New Confidence
London, Dec. 10. "Any idea that the Spanish Govern-
House of Commons Labour Party their post-tender, following his visit to Spain.
article by a the East, features an former Far Eastern journalist, Mr., R. T, Barrelt, which draws attention to
with the the vital importance of Hongkong na First messages of the grounding of Chinese Government, but not with the solitary rematriing bar to the Hoover were flashed at 12.22 u.m. third Chinese territory now occupied by Salvage work in the Scottish Japanese dominion in the Far East
Soon afterwards a second message the customs. - Japanese troops will be placed under train wreek was hindered by fire
now that the Customs in Shanghai, went out from the ship stating she had i at parties, regarding, the control ment is beaten is utterly and entirely
Any are in the Japanese grip."
attempt by persons of other false declared Mr. Clement Attlee, military administration, the semi- which broke out among the wreckage
grounded on Hoishoto Island, south of
whatever nationalities, "So long as Hongkong remains a Formosa, in Latitude 22.40 N., Long!tions, at interference in negotiations, official Yomiuri Shimbun predicts to- at midnight, necessitating the call of day in an editorial dealing with "the fire brigade in order to prevent great centre of Anglo-Chinese culture, tude 121.28 E. This message stated now proceeding between Japan and He said he gathered the Impression ambiguous legal status" of this area, bodies from being burnt,
trado depot and a financial and she was in no immediate danger but the Chinese Customs authorities that the utmost confidence existed At midnight 24 bodies had been British naval base, Japan can never required assistance. The newspaper declares that as taken to the mortuary and eight were feel she is able to do exactly what
"should be flatly rejected by the that it was now impossible for the Capetown, Dec. 10. far as the current incident is con- believed still to be in the wreckage. she likes with Chinn,", observes the kong manager of the Dollar Company,
this paper adds,
Insurgents to take Madrid, The late Mr. B. F. Baden-Powell, cerned there are
however, is not disregarding Mr. Attlee saw no possibility of new no proper pro- --Reuter brother of Lord Baden-Powell, left visions in international law binding
author.
received a message asking him to the
and vested rights of commodation between the two sides anubcompleted Invention to the relations between two parties or be
The writer urges that Hongkong arrange for a salvage tug to proceed third partien..
and, predicted that, the conflet was Pretoria Museum. It t is the model of tween Japan
must be made safe against aggression.from Hongkong as soon as possible. and third parties.
The newspaper declares: "Viewed likely to be a long one, inficting new type of anti-aircraft gun on Under the present circumstances it la
especially against aircraft from He was told at the same time that in this light we cannot-but consider | great hardships on the Spalnih which he had been working, for ten admissible for the army of occupation
Formosa,. The keystone of British
(Continued on Page 4.).,
any move taken by third parties In people. year before his death.
to create organs necessary for the
policy now and in the future, niust.
terfering with Sino-Japanese ' riego- Mr. Attlee added that he s
told The gun is based on the principle maintenance
be proper defence of the Interally of of local peace and
llations of exerting illegal pressure that about 10,000 foreigners cre Hongkong as the Lai "open door" into Hongkong his last post here being on the Customs authorities, in order fighting for the Spanish Republican | China-miteuren
Sheart that of Night Editor of the South la protect their own interests and army, the strength of which was bès Mer Rurrent, the witter of this china oförning: PortaPemberly the vested rights, es an unfriendly set tween 800,000 and 100,000 1 men article will be well remembered he was editor of the Dalle Plowards Japan."-"Reuter,
of firing by centrifugal force with order, and to exercise civil adminis no smoke, no noise and ne Bashtration, including such functions Reuter.
laxation and education-ReuINYVEKA
(Further Stop Press News on Page 20.)
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