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MONDAY, APRIL 18,
1938.
日八十月三
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GUERILLAS
GUNS HEARD
IN FRENCH CONCESSION
Chinese Attacking Changchow Area
Shanghai, Apr. 18.
ATTACK
Second Blast
MILLION CHINESE MASS FOR STRUGGLE
Vast Concentration For Decisive Shantung Fight
naughai, Apr. 18. White Chinese reports
Three thousand Chinese guerilla troops claimed yesterday that Cm- launched an attack on Changchow, near Wusiḥ, yesterday, according to the Shanghai Times,
The distinct sound of machine-gun firing, nearer and more frequent than anything previously heard, was audible from the outskirts of French Concession during the night.-Reuter. CHINESE POUNDING AT YIHSIEN
Hsuchow, Apr. 17. Fierce struggle for the possession of Yihsien continued unabated throughout yesterday and early this morning with the Chinese launching several determined assaults on the south-west and south-east gates of the city, exacting a heavy toll from the Japanese.
nese troops were tightening
NEAR
Causes
SHANGHAI FIGHTS NEW WAR
SHANGHAI
Post Office Panic
Shanghai is fighting another war-this time against the the cordon at Yihsien, pos-danger of epidemic. Hundreds of persons have died inside and the outside the Settlement, many from exposure, still more from sibly making sure of fulfilment of Generalissimo of the bodies in the safest way-by fire.
disease, during the hostilities. The authorities are disposing Here a few hundred of Easter the rough coffins and the pitiful remains Chiang Kai-shek's
are being carefully. destroyed, orders, Chinese military authorities have predictea history's biggest Far East battle, for which the Chinese are rushing over 1,000,000 ¡new troops to southern Shantung, to meet an ex-
Confused fighting broke out on the evening of April pected concentration of half 16 when a Chinese "dare-to-die corps." after having damaged the turrets of the south-west gate with heavy artillery fire, scaled the wall and engaged in hand-to-hand fighting with the Japanese.
Hand grenades were rained on the|===
Japanese troops inside the walls who,
taking shelter behind a cluster of low
buildings, fought back with machine-Rumanian
Kuns.
Japanese reinforcements were
rushed to the dunger point and their Fascist Coup
grenter number naily forced the
Chinese on top of the walls to with-
draw after four hours' of fighting. -
80 Chinese
•
Casualties
The Chinese Jost more than
eighty officers and men killed and wounded, and it is estimated that the Japanese suffered more casauttles.
than
200
the
In the south-east suburba batlered elty, the Chinese forces annihilated & whole detachment of more than 100 Japanese on the night|
April 16.
Frustrated
Bucharest, Apr. 17.
M. Corneliu Codreanu, leader of the Rumanian Fasclat Iron- Guard, Vas been arrested with followers, following 200
dis- covery of a plot to march 473 Bucharest, and the seizure of plans for a coup d'etat.---Reuter, Bucharest, Apr. 17, An official communique declares
a million Japanese troops both north and south of Hsuchow.-United Press.
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THEATRE QUIETLY ROBBED
Gunmen Careful Not To Disturb Shanghai Audience
Shanghai, Apr. 18. What is described as one of the most interesting robberies of recent times was staged last night, when three men walked into the Lyric Theatre, while the performance was Japanese detachment, the Chinese that all of the arrested men, who were going on, und robbed the management forces warhed the invaders
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Before closing in on the surrounded
the
Daladier, Bonnet | TO-DAY'S RACE To Meet Halifax SELECTIONS And Chamberlain
Paris, Apr. 17.
It is officially announced that M. Edouard Daladler, French Prime Minister, and M. Georges Bonnel. Foreign Minister, äre going to Loaden on April 28 at the invitation of Mr. Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax. -Reuter.
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED
(By "Captain Foster")
There are ten Faces down for to-day's meeting, the main event being the Easter Stakes for Ching ponies over a mile.
After his magnificent win in the Mirs Bay Handicap over a distance from the two mile post, once round and Desert Chlet (Mr. Encar-
nd in, nucas) is now much fancled for the; major event and the champion pong, Silkylight, will have to be at his best
asist the challenge. The former }
race
Wilt
be
FIRE FOLLOWS EXPLOSIONS IN SORTING ROOM
Mail Bags Damaged But No Workers Badly Hurt
The second explosion to occur in the sorting office of the General Post Office within fifteen hours occurred at 9 a.m. to-day when another bag of mail from the same consignment as that involved yesterday, burst into flame.
Clerks fled in panic and the Fire Brigade, from only a couple of hundred yards away, was quickly on the scene. Smoke and flames followed a few short, muffled explosions; and then the hoses were turned on the mail.
BOMBS MAY HAVE BEEN MEANT FOR AIRLINER
Theory Of Plot Against. High Chinese Officials
It is now Jelieved that the
Five minutes later offclots were able to state:
The explosion", was probably the bursting of some tubes of patent medecine, used irl the venerent disease;
cure of
Some five or six bugs of mail were destroyed and damaged, mostly by water;
Yesterday's explosion was caused by the ignition of flims In the mail bags;
The mail involved was dispatched from Shanghai for transhipment via Hongkong:
Nobody was injured in either explosion though this morning a clerk collapsed through shock.
Оде
the Mirs Bay Handicap in London, Apr, 18. the record time 2.03, lowering the The proposed visit of M. Daladier track figure by three two-brths and M. Bunnet to London follows andon, Soldier of Britain and Soldier of
seconds held triply by King's War! jinvitation delivered to them yester-don,
day on behalf of Mr. Chamberlain and Honour, i may be of interest to Viscount Halifax through the British know that the last mile was negotiat
FLUNG DOWN BY BLAST Ambassador to Paris.
ed in 1.52.1/5- which was faster than packages which exploded and
Bags of mali were being weiglied It is understood that the Anglo- the
present record held by
Diana caused a fire in the Post Office In the Sorting Department, when Italian Agreement, Britain's request Bay. It is, however, expected that
heard fast JE to the League for recognition of noon, but as the top-weighter will be tended to explode on either the burst out, with a flash of flame.
seen this after-yesterday and to day were in-sounds of spluttering were
and then a series of loud explosions Italian claims to Abyssinia, and the running a pound below the weight Eurasia Impending visit of the King and for inches as per scale, the time)
or C.N.A.C.
who Queen of England to Paris. will be cannot be established as a record.
planes of the clerks, Lo Kam-yung,
was nearest the bags, was thrown whilst en route from Hongkong to the floor und suffered slight to Hankow.
cut of the forehead,
The Fire Brigade very quickly But for the fact that purcels mall arrived on the scene, and hoses were is delayed in Hongkong for three orlaid and water poured into the four days, owing to congestion, it Sorting Room. Bugs that escaped the acems almost certain that at least explosion were carried out by one of the explosions would
of have gungs
firemen sorters, while jachieved this purpose.
attacked the affected lot. The air in the room and around the area was. filled with a thick cloud of fumes,
amonget Reuter.
the
subjects discussed.—
INSURGENT RETREAT IS
to found to be in possession of arms, are of $3,000 in cash without interrupting ADMITTED surrender. The failure of the to be tried, presumably before the the performance, and without Japanese soldiers to respond finally military courts, as the country is still audience knowing that anything hud led to their complete analhilation.
under martial law.
the
Only a small group of
To divert the strength of Chinese forces, numerous Japanese
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STOP PRESS
JAPANESE MEET HEAVY REVERSE
Chengchow, April 18.
A combined Japanese infantry and artillery force, numbering 1,000 men, received a heavy reverse in the hairla of Chinese forces in the vicinity of Mowls station on the western section of the Taskow-Tsinghua Rallway on April 14.
More than 600 Japanese troops, it *: estimated, were killed or wounded. Leventy armoured cars and motor trucks were damaged, while lurg quantities of military supplies were
by the
the Chinese forces.
ized
happened,
#gilators
Paris, Apr. 17.
A strategic retreat at a certain were involved, the masses of the The four employees in the till room point is admitted by the In- people remaining coirs and attending were so taken by surprise that they surgent high command at to their work.-Reuter.
made no outery, and the robbers, drawing their guns, calmly bound Saragossa, who, at the same and gagged the men, forced one of time, deny the Loyalist claim of them to open the safe, and then the recapture of Benicarlo.- leisurely walked away.
CHINESE CUSTOMS STATION BOMBED
Japanese Raiders Apparently Flow Over Macão Waters
Macao, April 17, The encounter lasted from April 13 which Macao has seen squadrons After a long period during at soon till the following morning of Japanese bombers fly past the A detachment of Japanese was rushed from Sluwu but arrived too late to Colony to and from Canton and save the columin—Central Netos.
TEN KILLED IN TRAIN SMASH
Algier, Apr. 17,
His reported that the ... Cran- Algiers express was derailed to-day,
Jar Orleansville.
I'm bessengers were killed, and
many injurii,--United; Pres.
“United Press" Stuff Correspondènt
the closer vicinity, and has heard
the rumbling of guns from points some 25 miles south-west the
It was not for some half an hour, when the thentre's private deféctivé entered the till room, that the crime was discovered, by which time the robbers were für away.-Reuter.
Reuter.
INSURGENT RETREAT NOW CONFIRMED
Paris, Apr. 17. The Spanish Government's claim to have driven buck the insurgents from the sea and to have forced them Customs station for a few minutes, out of Bealcarlo, where the insurgenis They suddenly dived at tremendous had driven a wedge between Barce- speed upon their objective, each re-lona and Valencia, appears to be true, leasing a bomb in turn. They re-according to impartial news agencies. peated the bombing in sequence so The Insurgent authorities at Sart- that altogether eight bombs were gossa deny that Benicarle has fallen, dropped.
but at the same time
time they admit # Four of the bombs missed the strategie retreat at a certain point.
Meanwhile, Government station and fell into the water, but declare with increasing insistence
that two struck the pontoon and complete- the situation is less grave, taxintain- ly destroyed 1. Two bombs struck Ing that Government troops have re-
hits, it is concluded that the bombs from resisting the Insurgents pusli the Custom hulk, setting it aflame celved supplies of war material, the before it sank. From the result of the shortage of which prevented them were of the incendiary type.
| effectively.-Reuter.
INSURGENTS DRIVEN ACROSS RIVER
so machine-gunned the people living Following the bombing the aircraft the Customs station, and It is not own as how many were killed populace had, its first real ex- and woundo but it is certain that a perience of what aerial warfare boatman was killed when the hulk is like when the Chinshan station was hit.
Bources
Barcelona, Apr. 18. The Loyalists have defeated the Insurgents attempts to extend the Vinaroz wedge southwards, and have forced the Insurgents near Camarasy, of the Chinese Maritime Customs in flying over their objective, it is 25 miles north-east of Lorida,.. received the full brunt of bomb-belleved that the planes must have withdraw across the river
Segre ing by four Japanese seaplanes own over the boundary of Mache al after suffering great losses. to-day:
the Barrier. Cate and Macno waters: A Salamanca message says the In- surgent troops, advancing swiftly. There were three Japanese journal-northwards The machines, which were dying at ista residing, in the Hotel Riviera on widened the rift between Catalania from Vinaroz have wrent haight and apparently returning the eve of the bombingOur Own and the rest of Republican Spali by from... Canton, -elreded-round the Correspondent.
several miles~~Reuter,
My selections are as follows:
CABRAMATTA HANDICAP
Twilight Star Perfect Day Macquarie River'
BOA VISTA HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION) Election Time Plet Itein
The Leopard
SUGAR LOAF HANDICAP Half-Moon Eve
Jober
National Pride
EASTER STAKES Desert Chief
Silkylight
King's Warden
MORRISON HILL HANDICAP
Now Star
Red Feather Rob Roy
ALBURY HANDICAP Strathroy
Tornado Star
Electron
POKFULAM HANDICAP
Fei Ying
Lucky Eleven Charyllis
KELLETT HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION) Amberley Klag's Lead Tyna
BOA VISTA HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION) Tabby Cat Yum Sing Ebony Idol
KELLETT HANDICAP -
(SECOND SECTION) Night View. Rose Evelyn
DAILY DOUBLE EVENT
No secret is made of the fact that high Chinese officials are continuously
Enquiries revealed that about five using the commercial air services be. tween Hongkong and Hankow and or six bags of mail were destroyed by the explosions or damaged by water. Chunging.
Many of the parcels and letters were One such important official, now in without their addresses. The
con- Hongkong. is believed to have signment is part of the one concerned intended to fly back to Chungking in yesterday's explosion, and nerived early this week.
from Shanghai for transhipment to Hankow and Chungking.
Since the disruption of rall corn- munications between Canton and Hunkow all moil destined for Han- kow and Chungking has been flown from Hongkong by air.
CX-
the
BOMB THEORY UNSUPPORTED
Police officials on the scena
the
thut opinion The two parcela suspected to pressed contain incendiary bombs
In explosions were due to spontaneous scaled bags addressed from the G.P.O. Combustion in some photographic Shanghal to the G.P.O. in Hankow. unlikelihood that the explosions were
-material,
pointed und
out the Under ordinary clrcumstances one
were
of them should have been aboard a due to a bomb, as no serious injury plane on route to Hankow when the Wis suffered by anyone, although explosion occurred,
many persons were nourby ot the
Italians After
Record For Cape Flight
Four Men Flying Big Caproni From Croydon Field
ime.
Mr. J. C. FitzHenry, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, arrived soon after the appliances were despatched, and directed the work of sorting out the damaged mall. Polleo oficials. present included Chlet. Detective- Inspector M. Murphy, Divisional Inspector M. Hourihan, and Mr. A.R.S. Major, Assistant Director of
Criminal Intelligence (Special Branch).
Opinions as to the number of explosions varied, some saying there were three, and others five, but all were unanimous : that there was undoubtedly a series. The Sorting Department itself was not damaged by the Are, although it was Gooded with water, bat some packing crises among the mail bore evidence, of
SOVIET GLIDER'S 18 HOURS IN AIR
London, Apr. 17. Four Italian airmen left Croydon tharring. at 11.10 a.m. G.M.T. to-day in a twine engine Caproni menoplane for Tripoli, || And from thence they are going to -Capa Hope, :. They, hope to lower the Croydon Cape record, and possibly the return fight record,IGH
The aviator ware bidden, Carewell by Count✨ Grandi, the “Italiah, Amsi bussadou, to London
The flere hope to completa night in 40 hourt--Reu
glide
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