Chinese In Pursuit Of Beaten Enemies
(Continued from Page 1.)
Charassing the Japanese by constant ; force there, the city was entered by
Banking operations.—Central News,
Hand-To-Hand Battle
Hauchow, Mar. 21. Grim hand-to-hand fighting, with casualties on both sides running to hundreds,
continues to feature "the struggle between Chinese and Japan- ese forces in the vicinity of Tenghien along the northern Tientsin-Pukow railway line.
The Japanese forces, numbering 3,000, who managed to reach Teng hslen and Lincheng on the railway in their drive towards Hstichow, are now surrounded by strong Chinese nits to the south-east of Tenghsien. units
Repeated attempts have been made by the Japanese to break through the Chinese cordon. Close range fighting Is raging on all sectors of the iise with the Chinese using with great effectiveness hand grenades and bayo
nets.
Flerce struggle started on the evening of March 19, when the Japanese Invaders were challenged in their advance by a strong force of Chinese, simultaneously from front und rear.
the Japanese forces on the anme day, -Central News.
Hankow, Mar. 21.
•
Rifle Fire Audible In Peiping
Foreign reports reaching here state concentrated rifle are was heard in several parts of Peiping yesterday,
Questioned by press
representa- tives, a Japanese military spokesman sald that Japanese troops were manoeuvring-Central News.
Hsuchow, Mar. 21.
THE HONGKONG
ALLEGED FORGERS ON TRIAL
Crown Outlines
Line Of Action
TELEGRAPH.
Arrested simultaneously at different places and alleged to be members of the same gang, a woman and three men were tried before the Chter Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Scasions this morning, on several charges in connection with forged bank-noter,
Accused were Cheung Sam-mul, married
woman. Ho Po-ku, Wonk Han-kwong and Yu Hem-hong. Japanese Mopped Up First prisoner was charged with possession of five engraved plates, Having completely mapped up the without Jawful authority or excuse,
those used for resembling Japanese at scattered points on the 60 cents notes of the Yu Ming Bank northern bank of the Itwal River, the Chinese troops are now firmly of langai; also three plates resem- those used fur $1 noies of the holding the Linghwalkwan-Staopen-Canton Municipal Banic. She was pu inc.
Brief occasional engagements along isolated sectors on the southern bank of the river continue.-Central News Japanese Success
printing
MONDAY, MARCH 21,
Japan Seeks Control Of Universities Of N. China
Tokyo, March 21. The management of universities by the Japanese in North China was forecast yesterday by Marquis Kido, Minister of Education, when answer- Ing a question in the Diet.
Marquis Kido said he would take the necessary steps to despatch to North China, experts to compile text books and to maintain close contact with the Japanese authorities on the spol.
He added: "I will also give atten- tion to the management of universities in Central China."-Reuter.
Long Prison Terms For Old Offenders
1938.
MOBILISING
FRANCE'S MIGHT
Defence Bill To Be Debated
Paris, Mar. 20.
A bill to complete the organisation of the total atrength of the nation in time of war will be debated in the Chamber on Tuesday.
The bill provides for the moblusa- on of the fighting forces by the co-operation of the civil and military authorities under a single war com- mond, and the mobilisation of indus- iry
under a specially appointed Minister of Mobilization of Defence against Aircraft.
The underlying principle of the Bill is that everybody must "old" in the defence of the nation, and that war must not be source of profis- Reuter.
DEMAND. KOVNO'S
SEIZURE
Radical Movement, heard Shanghai, Mar. 21.
Wes
Sentences totalling 20 years were imposed on three men who pleaded guilty to various offences before the Puisie Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, at Criminal Sessions this with morning charged
plates
further 1,278 forged banknotes purporting to charged with possession of be one dollar notes of the Canton Municipal Bank, knowing the same to be forged; and possession of 2,302 forged banknotes purporting to be afty-cent notes of the Yu Ming Bank A Japanese report claims the cap-of Kiangst, at No. 184 Des Voeux Jure of Yihsten, an Important town Road Central, second floor, A distance of only Atty yards on the Linching-Tsaochwang railway,
Ho Pu-ku, which branches castward at this possession of two engraved separated the Chinese and Japanese linca. Determined to storm the point from the Tientsin-Pukow rail- resembling those used for one dollar Japanese positions, the Chinese troops way, at great sacrifice succeeded in occupy-Jonese er either drive southward possession of 151 papers upon which From Yihsien, the report states, the notes of the Canton Municipal Bank; ing the first Japanese Hoe in a
using hand grenades to Hauchow by the Grand Canal, or wards, figures, and letters had been and
strike castward, cutting off the retreat printed resembling those on one dol- of Chinese troops massed
Jar banknotes of the Canton Muni- Yachow areas. Reuter.
elpal Bank; and possession of six six forged banknotes of the same bank. Wong Han-kwong, and Yu Yam- hong, were accused of possession of 530 banknotes purporting
to be the one dollar notes
Canton Municipal Bank, possession of 11 forged $10 notes of The
Canton of fifty cents of the Yu Ming Bank Municipal Bank, and two banknotes of Klangst; at No. 70, Connaught Road Cenrtal, second floor,
furious
In a
light
ick the next morn- ng, the Japanese forces, with the help of twenty tanks, failed to disperse the Chinese troops.
Another report received here late! last night states that the Japanese Invaders have been driven back several kilometres from the original apex of their advance.
The Chinese forces, the report says, ore advancing northward along the Hanchwang-Tohsien line. Central
News,
Claim 20,000 Surrounded
Shanghal, Mar. 21 Chinese forces, 20.000 strong, which Japanese sources claimed had been surrounded by an encircling move- ment from Wuhu. Hangchow und Luchow, are still unaccounted for.
A statement issued late yesterday by the Japanese Expeditionary Force Headquarters, here, states: Chinese forces have thus been trap- ped, and are now facing the dilemma of having to choose between being crushed or surrendering to the Japanese."-Reuter,
in
THIEVES ACTIVE REPORTS SHOW
thear
BANISHED CONVICTED ON THEFT CHARGE
The loss of a basket containing clothing worth $30.50 from Itig motor car, No. 631, parked outside No. 4 Armend Buildings, was report- ed to the police by Mr. C. W. Jeffries, Director of the Royal Observatory, yesterday.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
5.
The men were Ko Kau, Chan Chi
(Continued from Page 1.) National University courtyard, under the sponsorship of the National condemning the settlement, and de- speeches mands for the immediate military occupation of Kovno. After this the and Tam Kwai and when they plead.
demonstrators attempted to march to the Foreign Office clamouring for the tion Ordinance, sentence was post-the police until the latter played on ed guilty to breaches of the Deporta-annexation of Lithuania.
They clashed with and overpowered few minutes. poned for a
Later the three again appeared and
them with fire hoses, and arrested 435 of the demonstrators. pleaded guilty to burglary and lar ceny on January 24; Ko Kau and Chan Chi pleaded guilty to a similar offence on January 25; Tam Kwal pleaded guilty to the possession of housebreaking Implements on Janu- ary 27 when all three were arrested in Portland Street.
Mr. Justice Lindsell said all three had served terms of imprisonment had criminal records for which they and had been banished, returning in defiance of the order and being re- banished. Tam Kwal had been flogged with "the cat" for one of his All prisoners pleaded not guilty, offences as well as getting a prison and the fallowing jury,
sentence, was cm-
The accused received sentences panelled: Messrs.
S. Harris (Foreman), Lam Ming-fan, Li Lan-
which totalled: Ko Kau, sang, T. H. Lunson, A. F. Paul, C. C.
years; Chan Chi six and a half years; seven Tam Kwai six and a half years. Mrs. M. Hartman, residing at the
Robertson and H. L. Goocy Palace Hotel, reported the loss of said that the prisoners
Prosecuting, Mr. E. H. Williams cigarette case somewhere between
were
arrested in different places, as a result of Yenchow Street and Haiphong Road. Luck Road residence of Sergeant E. First and second accused were taken A thief who gained entry into the simultaneous raids by the Police in
the early hours of February Skinner, R.A. stole money and clolli- into custody in quarters in Des ing to total value of $19.
Voeux Road Central, where a large The theft of
travelling rug from
and a motor car belonging to Mr. F. C.quantity of forged bank-notes
materials for printing them were
Central,
Chinese Blow Up Railway Bridge
Shanghai, Mar. 21,
the car was parked In an effort to stem the Japanese Mr. advance to Hsuchow, it is learned 420
10.
at a
HEROIN PILL MAKERS IMPRISONED
Army On Border Meanwhile the troops have re- mained on the border, and it is learned they will remain on o footing for at least ten days.
announced that It is also Polish fleet has been ordered to carry Lithuania. out normal manoeuvres close to
wor
the
The Government is silent regarding the continued concentrations in the vicinity at Vilna. However, evident that in the event of diplomacy It is falling to settle matters, they are pre-
Lithuania. pared to invade
A further message states that a tum, Warsaw has, for the first time result of the acceptance of the ultima-
in 20 years, relaxed its boycott on Lithuanian dishes and the national drink of Krupnik-United Press.
Ministera Said To Have Resigned
London, Mar. 20, According to Exchangé Telegraph's Warsaw Hall, of 507 the Peak, on Saturday, found. The other two were arrested house in Kowloon led to the trial, Lozoraitis and the Minister for
D correspondent, report A rald by Revenue Officers at à
from Kovno stated that the Lithu- led to the arrest of Chan Ng. 34. un-in Connaught Road
ania Foreign Minister,
M. Stasys employed, and his appearance at boarding house.
before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholi Central Magistracy this morning. It was the Crown's case that the MacGregor at the Criminal Sessions Justice, M. Stasys Silingas had re- Lance-Sergeant Davies stated that note were printed at the Des Voeux ls morning, of two men charged.
signed, but so far their resignations outside Rond address and taken to the board-With unlawful possession of 36,000 had not been accepted.-United Press. Hall's residence, and about
heroin pills. Mr.ing house, where In the course of
business they
would be passed off. dynamited the Tientsin-Pukow rail-ans
gardener saw defendant Evidence would be called to show that way bridge running over the Grand emerging from the garage carry-the third accused had only recently the Grand ing a sack. He asked the man become owner of the boarding house; Canal at Hunchwing. Japanese are now temporarily halted what was in the sack, and defendant and the fourth worked there as any. T. Low, Lee Wal-tong, Lau
from Chinese sources that the Chinese Hall's p.m. on Saturday,
--Reuter.
Chinese Recapture Taokow, Neihwang
Loyang, Mar. 21. Following up their recent successes north of the Yellow River, the Chinese forces have recaptured Thokow and Nelhwang, two im- portant towns in north Honan,
-No.- 100-
Accused were Chan Choi, 35, and Lo Hing, 39, They pleaded not guilty.
ed: Messrs. A. J. Burnie (Foreman). The following Jury was empanell-
Sheung-po, A.-W. Johnsford, J. A. da Luz and Abbas Khan.
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Don't hoard Moth Eggs, Crit sald it was rice. The gardener, accountant, however, ordered defendant to open The Police also raided
and Crime In your Carpets, Rugs.. the sack, and inside found the rug. Wellington Street, where a women A second charge of reluming from was arrested and 200 of the forged
Clothing, Drapes, Loose Covers, ! According to Mr. E. H. Williams, A fine of $25 cach was imposed on etc. banishment was preferred against notes were discovered. This woman
who prosecuted, a party of Revenue two men, Lam Muk, 83, and Liu
You do if you permit them defendant, and he was sentenced to said the third prisoner was her hus- Officers, led by Senior Revenue Of Fuk, 24, at Central Magistracy this to go into storage without clean- three months' hard labour for the band, and when the latter was con- in Shanghai Street on January 25 with keeping a theft, and to another nine months fronted he said he had two addresses.
cer A. W. Grimmitt, went to a house morning, when they were charged ing.
common gaming on the second charge.
He added that he had two wives, and
and were admitted by the first pri- house. Twelve other persons were that the first prisoner was one of
soner, ag them. This,
as they were about to force charged with gambling. Detective- Counsel submitted, open the door. As they entered, the Sergeant R. MacVey, who carried out proved that the accused, although party noticed the characteristic smell the raid, said there was evidence it arrested in different places, were of of heroin pills in the course of dry-was a big school. A sum of $20.76 the same gang.
ing. Second accused was sleeping was seized, and given to the Court on the bed in a cubicle, which was Poor Box. being used as a heroin pill factory. The hands of the first accused were stained pink, but those of the second were not.
DIVAN KEEPERS
Over 5,000 Japanese trods with- drew westward to Istahsich from
CONVICTED Pinglo, Maotsingu and Changtien- chen on the north bank of the Yellow River on March 15 and 10.
Arrested at an address in Des Linpao, in west Honan on the Voeux Road West, Tang Chu, 46, Lunghi Railway and the railway unemployed, was charged at Central itself, are now cleared of invading Magistracy this morning with pos
session of 1
of
prepared opium, and with keeping the flat as an opium divan. He admitted both
troops.
Large quantities of military sup- plies and provisions of the Japanese troops which were stored in Pinglo were burned by evacuating Japanese. -Central News.
Japanese Assault Repulsed
tuels
The case is proceeding.
CLEVERLY USED MAILS TO
offences, and was fined $75 W DEFRAUD WOMAN
the alternative of six weeks' hard labour on the first count, and another $50 or six weeks' hard labour on the second count.
ac-
Subsequently charged, both cused denied knowledge of the pills. saying they were strangers in the erent persons to stay in the Colony and were asked by tivo dif-
Mr. Grimmitt and Revenue
J. L. Stephens gave evidence of the rald, and Mr. D. E. Davis, Acling Government Monopoly Analyst, tes-
An ingenious method of obtaining raid, money by intercepting a letter, was
A second man, Fung Yung, 20, un-expounded at the Central Magistracytified to having found heroin in the
this morning before Mr. R. Edwards, pills. when Wong Chai, alias Wong Sing- suc, 38, was charged with pretending and sentenced to three years'"hard Both accused were found guilty to be instructed by Liu Wing, elder labour, each. sister of Liu Yee-ngan, complainant,
employed, also appeared charged Kwangteh, Mar. 21.
with possession of prepared opium A strong unit of Japanese, laun- and with keeping a divan. He was ching
from fined a total of $85 or two months' heavy Assault Hsunncheng by way of Hunglinkino and two weeks' hard labour in on the evening of March 10, was default. repulsed by the Chinese here.
Detective-Sergeant J. Alien pro- a sum of $110 from com-
The Uisuunchieng-Kwangtch - high- | secuted. way is now cleared of Japanese; forces-Central News.
KODE "FREE" ON FERRY
to
The second charge was of opening and detaining a letter on November 16, 1937.
pro-
Sub-Inspector Ritchie, the secuting officer, said that in Novem-
BOAT PEOPLE
IN
TROUBLE
G. F. Hole In the Marine
Tokoto Recaptured
For travelling on a Hongkong and Siunt, Mar. 21.
her last complainant received a Several persons appeared before Tokoto, important elty on the north
Yaumati Ferry launch on March 20 letter from Singapore from her sister Cmdr. bank of the Yellow River in south keeper named
without paying his fore,
a shop-requesting her to go to Singapore. Court this morning, charged with Sulyunn, which fell into Japanese
Cheung Ling-chau, Complainant replied, stating that she different offences against the Har was fined $5 by Mr. Q. A. A. hands last November, has been Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magis-;
bour Regulations. recaptured by Chinese troops under tracy this morning. General Ma Chan-shan. He attacked on March 17.
In the heavy engagement, which insted two consecutive days and nights. with the
enemy forces the
stationed in the walled city,
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Selling
troops, personally led by T.T. London
Mo, captured over fifty Demand
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Japanese
Nantung Captured By 1.1. Saigon
Hauchow, Mar. 21.
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on
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not sumelent money. Complainant managed to raise about $to from her relatives, and on November 10, an unknown Chine called on her and delivered a
Wong Fan, 19, charged with the unlawful boarding of the Plng Wo was fined $10 or one week's Impri- sonment.
Chinese who
Two unemployed
in which was mentioned that a man named Wong Sing-suk from Singa- were found on board the Marechal
would come and arrange the Joffre were similarly fined. passage.
For discharging freworks
nore
1s. 211 It was stated that defendant had
on
his cargo boat in the central
18. 21 stolen a letter from the letter-box fairway without permission, Cheng
104% hung ouside complainant's residence Kam, and wrote the letter from the
genuine letter week.
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.01%
155
150
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of the
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The next day defendant called on
40, was fined $10 or one
A fine of $2 or two days' imprison- ment was inflicted on Kwok Kam-
complainant and gave his, name as shing for using his passenger bout
to carry carga, while Ip Tsat, mis-
Wong Sing-suk from Singapore, He advised complainant to go and book tress of a Class II boat, was fined
her, passage. While on their way to
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