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Fear Big U.S. BIG ORDER
Patrol Plane Lost At Sea
Extensive Search Hampered By Fog
sunit at sea.
San Diego, Jan. U.
FOR ARMS FOR CHINA
Guns And Rifles.
On List.
Shanghal, Jan. 7.
Hankow Raids! Likely To Be Repeated
Dofonders Improve
Organisation
Hankow, Jan. 7.
Orders for $20,000,000 worth of Evidently in retallation for the One of the navy's largest patrol
cquipment weru placed by successful Chinese raid on Wuhu on bombers, connected with Squadron war VP-7, carrying a crew of seven, in China with munition firms on Decem- Wednesday in which six Joponese eluding Lieut-Conde. T. E. Carpenber 10, a Chinese report discloses to plones were destroyed, 23 Japanese ter, has not reported to headquarters day. This is the second large order raiders staged an attack on flankow at noon yesterday, dropping scores since 3 p.m. on January 5, and it is since the outbreak of the war, and
number of heavy artil at bombs on the military airfield, in feared the machine bay crashed and includes
lery pieces, whichs hitherto has been
3ion and near Wuchang's famous It is revealed that since Wednes- the weakest arm of China's defence, he vicinity of the city's radio sta-
The order also includes six 10-scente Snake Mountain. day fleet navy boots, nugmented by
Unlike the January 4 rold, how- Coast Guard cutters, the Itan and inch and six 12-hich guns, 16 field
no Chinese planes were des- ever, Aurora, have been searching 200 guns and 30 other guns of unspeel-
hed descriptions, as well as a num-troyed on the ground, though several miles north-west of Point Luma,
than 40 ber of heavy and light machine guns shops and hangars were possibly At dawn to-day, more
Kuns, 10,000 up: damaged, by the tons of heavy ex- patrol bombera and caplanes joined and anti-aircraft in the search, but at dusk to-night to-date rifles, 100,000 mas masks and plosives dropped. there were no signs of the missing large quantities of ammunition. the hampering machine. Fox Is work of the searchers.-United Press,
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PEACE PRESERVATION CORPS TO DISARM
Peiping, Jan, 7.
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At present there is every indien- It is revealed that the purchases on that the raids on Hunkow wit feature, an almost daily made on
on January 4 a cash-and-carry become
since the first raid basis and as soon as the orders were was avenging Chinese attacks on placed, two-thirds of the price was Nanking, which immediately brought pald. The remainder will be paid about Chinese retaliation nt Wuhu, TOMORROW
were
when the munitions are landed in China-Reuter.
New Peiping Government Described
Shanghai, Jan. 7, The organisation and powers of the various branches and commissions of the so-called Provisional Govern-
which in turn was the cause of the latest Japanese rald, and the fourth
The
round uf battle of inutual destruc- tlone weather was cloudy for yes- terday's raid, with a ceiling of about 7,000 feet. All of the Japanese railers could be seen very clearly, presenting a perfect target for anti- aircraft fire, which this time was much closer in alm than on January
It is quite possible that some of the raiders were damaged, although no planes were shot down or forced to break formation over the elly.
It is notable that the Japanese machines flew over French Conces sion.
As in Nunking last August the The Department of Public Safetyment of Peiping have been formally population and air defenders has announced an ambitious plan for announced. according to Japanese Hankow are quickly becoming ne- the pacification of the countryside. reports from Peiping
customed to alarms and know what Govern- The plan envisages the ment's purchase of all arms and It is stated that the governmental to do. The streets, which ordinarily aminunitions from the Peare Pre-structure consists of the legislation present a picture of confusion in view of the extreme congestion in servation Corps and millia who, branel as the highest organ, au-
cleared city, are rapidly sines the Japanese swept the coun-thorised to deliberate on Government the try, have left their own districts to bills embracing budget uppropria- United Press.
JAPANESE RAID HOTSEH de- become bandits,"
tions, appointments of officials,
Hsurhow, Jan. 7. clarations of war and the conclusion
Considerable casualties und damage of
peace trenties.
to property resulted at Hotsch (Tsao- chow) on the south-western Shan- tung border, during a rold conducted by a squadron of Japanese bombers January 4. n delayed report stules,
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, Att and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, rongkong
"If the soldiers and militia do not agres to these plans, we shall have to use forec," warns the Govern- ment.--United Press,
The Executive Commission has chainman and five members, dealing with the administration of home and foreign affalys, as well as financial. industrial, educational, commuples---Central News. tions and peace prezervation projects, -Reuter.
GODOWN BLAZES
The Chen Sing Hong godown, at 103 Connaught Road, blazed at 2 a.m. to-day and considerable damage was done to the first and second floors.
LINHWAIKWAN BOMBED
Hauchow. Jan. 7. Linhwaikwan, un important town on the south section of the Tientsin- Pulow Rallway, about 141 kilometres bombed by north of Pukow, was three Japanese planes yesterday afternoon. About 11 bombs were dramped, causing sight damage.
The raiders also reconnoitred over considerable time- Pengpu for a Central News.
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