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FURIOUS BATTLE RAGING FOR NANKING
DESPERATE Many Killed As Scottish
FIGHT BY 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 "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 first Japanese troops to enter the historic walled Inner City went to a force command-" ed by Colonel Wakizaku,
When the news of the success of Colonel Wakizaka's troops reached the main forces beyond the walls, there were lusty shouts of "Banzai" from thousands of throats,
rising above the unceasing din of rifles, machine-guns, trench mortars and howitzers. An hour later field
wireless brought congratulations from General Matsul, who added: "I highly appreciate the successful attainment of your difficult task."
Further Assaults
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Japanese sources state that seven other bodies of Japanese troops with a large number of tanks are attempting to force their way into the city, from the north-enst and south.
A way of retreat is still open to the defendern acróm the Yangtze but unless they slipped out during the night, Nanking is expected to be a doath trap for jhem to-day, when the Japanese Reroplanes resume their activity.
Chinese circles admit that further defence has no military value, but is important as a symbol that
China will resist. They assert that the loss of Nanking is like the loss of Shang- hal. It marks only a phase of the war.-Ilauter.
To Command Garrison
Tokyo, Dec. 11. The Imperial Headquarters an- nounce that Lieut-General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, sone-in-law of the (Continued on Page 4.)
Uncompleted Gun Left To Museum
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Capetown, Dec. 10. The late Mr. B. F. Baden-Powell, brother of Lord Baden-Powell, left an uncompleted Invention to the Pretoria Museum. It is the model of a naw, type, of- anti-aircraft gun on which he had been working for ten yers before his death,
Pri The gun la, based on the principle | of firing by centrifugal force with no moko, no noise and no : flash -- #Reuter. *-!!
Japan Won't Recognise Government
Berlin, Dec. 10. The news that the Japanese Cabinet will not recognise Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's Gov- ernment after the fall of Nanking is published here without com- ment
It is reliably understood that the German Government is not likely to follow the Japanese example-Reuter.
JAPANESE ARMY
WILL RULE
Predicted Fate Of Occupied Chinese Areas
Tokyo, Dec. '11. Chinese territory now occupied by Japanese troops will be placed under military administration, the semi- official Yomiuri Shimbun predicts to day, in an editorial dealir with "the with "the ambiguous legal status" of this area. declares that as The newspaper dec)
JAPANESE MARCH INTO SETTLEMENT
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-
Belgian frontier to-day and seized revealed a plot to assassinate M. cypher letters which, it is alleged,
Yvon Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, during his Central European
tour.
M. Lebeau, Governor-General of Algerin, 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 made at Prague, where M. been 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 la announced from Prague that information from the French police, the Czecho-Slovakian authorl- ties have arrested a one-legged ex- soldier of the Foreign Legion, and charged him with planning to Daasainate M. Yvon Delbos.
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.-Reuter.
STOP PRESS
FIRE HINDERS RESCUE WORK
London, Dec. 11. Salvage work in the Scottish
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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, but otherwise there was no serious incident.
PRES. HOOVER 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 a radio message that she had gone aground on a sunken reef at Latitude 22.40 North and Longitude 121.28 East, near Hoishoto Island, south of Formosa, last night.
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She is carrying a total of 833 persons, including passengers
and crew.
Hongkong's Importance Stressed
Former H.K. Editor Quoted On Defence Of Last "Open Door"
The German steamer, Pruessen, is alongside preparing to transfer the passengers, and no attempt to reflcat 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,
Trains Collide
TWO COACHES 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 being extricated from the mass of wreckage. At least 40 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 snow-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 slows tat
Dr.
Kurt ven Schuschalry, the Austrian Chan- cellor, is in sympathy with the monarchist principle-Reuter.
"HANDS OFF" WARNING
BY PRESS
Japanese Paper In Shanghai Advises Third Parties
Shanghal, Dec. 11. Messages did not reveal the cause
Reviewing the issues involved in of the grounding, but apparently there the current Chinese customs prob was no storm. at the time, pasalbly due to the fact that the course influential
lem, the Shanghai United News, an Japanese
FIRST MESSAGES IN H.K.
It is
far an the current incident is con-train wreck was hindered by fire the vital importance of Hongo to the Hoover were flashed at 12.22 a.m.
no proper pro-
| bodies from being burnt.
At midnight 24 bodies had been
newspaper,
An earlier offelal 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 raging when the Edinburgh-Glasgow express crashed into the rear of the stationary local passenger train from Dundee. The engine of the express was thrown down
two ап embankment and coaches were telescoped and smashed to pieces.
Terrible scenes followed, dead and Injured passengers lying in wrecked compartiments and in the snow beside the ne. Buses were requisitioned to take the injured to the hospitals and Improvised stretchers were used bending the arrival of the ambu- Lances.
Passengers on the express are re- ported to have included a number of Cameron Highlanders on Christ- mas leave from Catterick.
The wreckage was set on fire to provide light for the rescuers.
One survivor said that before the crush 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- ment is beaten is uiterly and entirely false" declared Mr. Clement Atllcë, House of Commons Labour Party
to create organs necessary for the beloved still to be in the wreckage. great centre of Angio-Chinese culture, tudo 121.28 E. This messago stated / tions, at interference in negotiation leader, following his visit to Spain.
maintenance
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Is unfamiliar, since the liner is not advises third parties to exercise a London, Dec. 10. yet calling at Shanghai. The extent "hands of policy in the matter. The periodical, Great Britain and of the damage is not known United
This Journal
nol asserts that it was the East, features an article by a | Press.
shown it was clearly understood former Far Eastern journalist, Mr. R. T. Barrett, which draws attention to
abroad
that Japan in negotiating cerned there are
with the Customs as an organ of the First messages of the grounding of Chinese Government, but not with visions in international law binding which broke out among the wreckage
the solitary remaining bar at midnight, the of relations between two parties or
Soon afterwards a second message of the customs.
third parties, regarding the control tween Јарал
and third parties. brigade in order to prevent Japanese dominion in the Far East
now that the Customs in Shanghai went out from the ship stating she had Under the present circumstances it is
are in the Japanese grip."
Any attempt by persons of other grounded on Hoishoto Island, south of admissible for the army of occupation taken to the mortuary and eight were
nationalities, whatever their posl- "So long as Hongkong remains a Formosa, in Latitude 22,40 N., Longi-
He said he gathered the impression now proceeding between Japan ask and à trade depot and a financial
she was in no immediate danger but the Chinese
existed Customs authorities that the utmost confidence British, naval base,, Japan.con never | required assistance.
"should be fatly rejected by the that it was now impossible for the feel she is able to do exactly what
Insurgents to take Madrid. sho likes with China," observes the
At 3 a.m. Mr. T. B. Wilton, Hong- Japanese, this paper adds. kung manager of the Dollar Company, Japan, however,
ver, is not disregarding author.
Bir. Atlice saw no posiblity el nos received a message asking him to the interests and vested rights at commodation seen the two side The writer urges that Hongkong arrange for a salvage tug to proceed third parties.
and predicted that the samika Man must be made safe against aggression. from Hongkong as soon as possible. The newspaper declarca: "Vlowed especially against aircraft from
IKTEN 2 harchhipsen the Spalnih Formosa, The keystone of. Eritish
any move taken by third parties in- people. policy: now and In the future must
terfering with Sino-Japanese, nego Mr. Attlee added that he was told be proper defence of the integrity of
tiations or exerting“ (legal pressure | that about 10,000 foreigners wern Hongkong as the laat open door" into Hongkong his last post here being on the Customs authorities in order fighting for the Spanish Republiczn China ruters debates and sign that of Night Elltor of the South to protect their own; interests and dry, the strength of which was be- Mr. R. T. Harett, the writer of this | China Morning Port. Formerly, he, vesist rights, as anėimtriendly - act | tween. 900,000 and 700,000 - mom. articio, will t* will remembered. In was editve of the Daily Prend towarda, Japan?a=Bruder, si Reuterkning
JAPANESE RAIDER SHOT DOWN
of local peace and Reuter. order, and to exercise civil adminis tration, including auch functions ns) taxation and education.-Router.
dog ma PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
Owing to the largo demand for copios (of to-day's" "Tolograph" subsequent to the printing of the Pictorial Supplement, this edition la imeged without the Supplemant
Canton, Dec. 11. In a rald carried out on the Hankow-Canton railway to-day a Japanese plane was shot down and its two occupants attempted to parachute to carth, One was killed and ・ one wounded Damage to the line is not disclosed outer s
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He was told at the same time that in this light we cannot but condider/Mely to be a bang ikinas
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