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一拜禮 五月六英港香
MONDAY, JUNE
6,
1938.
日八月五
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EYE-WITNESS TELLS OF CANTON HORROR
GUTTERS RUN Unidentified Planes Bomb French Village
BLOOD RED IN CITY OF AWFULMISERY
Hundreds Perish In Daily Air Raids
(By "TELEGRAPH" STAFF REPORTER) The mantle of death covers Canton.
No one knows who it will envelop next.
I do not think the Chinese military authorities exaggerated when they told me that 1,500 civilians had died in the reign of terror on Saturday and Sunday.
Europeans who knew the horrors of the Great War blanched at the scenes they witressed in the heart of the city after the awful holocausts of the week-end.
There was some semblance of sanity, of civilisation, in the carnage of 1914-18, when men fought men, and not helpless women and children.
One hundred and twenty bombs were released by the Japanese air- men on Saturday, and 46 were re-
leased yesterday. Because of the congested nature of the centres hit during yesterday's raid, the casual. les were only slightly lower than the 2,000 men, women and children dead and intured on the previous
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day.
Perched within a hundred yards of Chinese anti-aircraft battery. American news-reet inen and I were the only occupants of the roof of the Oi Kwan Hotel, Canton's tallest building, during yesterday's raid.
The whole trugedy was unfolded before our eyes. From
From our vantage point above the fourteenth floor we watched 23 Japanese bombers, fly ing in relays, power-dive from 12,000
release 5,000 feet and deadly missiles.
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Japanese Allegation Indignantly
SIMIOA
BRITJUN STATION
CANTON BOMBING CONTINUES
Bombs Crash Into Central District
Canton, June 6 (9.10 a.m.). At 8.30 I.m. to-day ten Japanese planes in two groups of five soared over the city at
Contradicted about 10,000 feet altitude and
China Accused Of Plan To Slaughter
Foreign Populace
dropped ten bombs in the Tungshon district, high class residential area,
were
Twenty more bombs dropped in the centre of the city, apparently aimed at the government buildings.
Anti-aircraft fire is heavy, but can be The allegation attributed by ineffectual, so far
Hankow, June 5.
AA
bamba seemed
A moment of Chinese to Japanese propagand-seen. The sky is cloudy and impetus as they fell. suspense and then the earth acemed ists to the effect that Chinese the bombers are keeping at a to shake and ripe, Sight beat sound mobile units have been ordered good height.-United Press. by a few seconds, and the eyes were
As the Japanese bombers roar filled with the indescribable horror to "kill all foreigners in the of thousands of tons of debris and occupied areas" is indignantly overhead on this morning's raid, there humanity thrown bodily into the air denied by the Chinese military are no signs of panic.
As usual, the British and French before the dull, muffled roar reached
spokesman here.
Bridge gates barring the way into the Concessions on Shameen Island Goon as the second were closed as
Neuter alarm was rounded, says
the cara.
The carth trembles under the concussion of those 500lb. masses of explosive for great distances.
Awful Spectacle High above the city on the roof of Canton's only skyscraper, the actual bombing scams as impersonal as it must do to
the goggled Japanese mus raiders 10,000 feet above.
The senses react to the explosions
and to the resultant devastation but it 19 hard to
realise that
"It is inconceivable," he said, "that any nation desiring foreign support should resort to this dublous method of achieving this end.
"This is a potent lie, designed to from lente foreign sympathy
the the China and also to counteract aroused by strong reaction numerous Japanese outrages against Foreign Bves and property.
of
"A third possible motive," the spokesman continued, is the desire
the Japanese military to furnish cach explosion may claim a hundred a pretext for their stern refusal lo lives, and terribly maim ather scores.
Man is more fratl
allow foreigners to return
than metal. occupied areas." Giant girders twist into grotesque and fantastic shapes, heavy
beams
are splintered to match-wood and
disuppear
the
meяinge.
-- ONE RAIDER SHOT DOWN
Canton, June 6.
It is confirmed that the damaged Japanese bomber participating in last Friday's bombing of Canton foll
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SPECIAL TELEGRAPH MAP OF CANTON, showing the areas bombed Er the Japanese during the week-end, when over
PROVINCIPU LOUBBEY
PERROS GROUND
2,000 casunities were sustained. From the roof of a 14-storey TO-DAY'S
hotel on the Bund, in the vicinity of the Telegraph Office, a
Telegraph Staff Reporter witnessed bombs being dropped yes-ACE
terday on the heart of the city. The High Normal School, near the East Parade Ground, was completely wrecked, and Wing
Hong Street, one of the principal thoroughfares, was devas-
tated for over two blocks. During the week-end bombs landed in the vicinity of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, on top of which a huge French flag is painted, the River Defence Head- quarters, the South China Girls' School (partially wrecked) and the Financial Bureau. Only one bomb struck an objective of military importance.
CHINESE RETIRE
TO NEW DEFENCE LINES IN ANHWEI
Liuan, June 6.
After exacting a heavy toll on the advancing 'apanese troops, from Mengcheng, numbering 10,000, Chinese forces have abandoned Fengtai and Shouhsien, wo west Anhwei cities approximately 70 kilometres outh-west of Pengpu, to take up a new defence line.
The Chinese offered gallant resistance against the nvaders who struck in a southward direction from Mengcheng, and kept to their posts until their defence works were completely destroyed by Japanese artillery.
Dozen Japanese Vessels Sunk
20
of the
forces, Part
Japanese continuing their drive towards the heavy west, are now 'engaged In
in the fighting with the Chinese vicinity of Chengyangkwan, kilometres west of Shoubsien,
Following a series of exhausting battles in its vicinity, a general Jull has descended at Holci.
which
a heavy Ossault
on
Haukinokuai, has also retreated
in
I do not exaggerate when I say co-operation. He recalled the Three Japanese machines out of the direction of Yungchuo.
Kinhwa, June 0. a dozen Japanese More than launches, loaded with large numbers of men, were hit and sunk by Chinese shells on the Chientang River during an abortive landing attempt in the vicinity of Pingyao, fifteen kilometres north of uhung.
Chinese defenders kept up a con- stant barrage of artillery and
tive light guns. When the Invaders were finally driven back to the eastern bank, It is estimated at least a dozen boats were capsized and large numbers of the Japanesa drowned-Centrál News,
Possible Threat To Hankow
vessels, which replied with Ineffer-
Commenting on
the Japanese into the son off the coast of Kal-0, At Yongchao, part of the Japanese reference to "the hearty co-operation near Chungshan district, according have withdrawn to Tungchengchal, between Catholics and the Japanese| to information emanating from the bricks and concrete
become dust: Army which is nileged to have arouse Air Defence Hendquarters here. One with only:n smuli force keeping posts machine-gun fire on the Japanese Usually, the occupants with their homes, their blood and the Chinese desire to kill al for fisherman, Cheung Kumpul, wit-behind the many block-houses there.
eigners," the Chinese spokesman ald nessed the end of the Invading! Another unit of invaders, bodies mingling with the dust in one the Japanese had certainly had an machine and reported it to the police launched indistinguishable mass.
extraordinary method of rewarding authorities of the district. that the gutters of Wine Hon Street, alleged recent murder of Father
Most of the Japanese murines who Canton's principni thoroughfare, ran Fourre and five Franciscan sifters by the six which took off from their ed after yesterday's attack. SIX Japanese or their agents at Changlo base Inle in the afternoon of Friday hundred people are believed to and also the alleged bombing of the in the fourth raid on Canton and its crossed the river to the north bank vicinity headed, it is revealed, of the Yangise. at Tamino have been have died in Just this one street. Catholic churches and property for directly over Kni-O presumably to wiped out by the defence force, and The bodies of over a hundred victims behind the actuat
line. fighting
their 1-faled comrudes, the remnants benten back to the lle buried beneath hundreds of tons The spokesman declared that such rescue
opposite shore-Central News.
Japanese Near Lanfeng, Kaifeng
morning
of debris of the Chung Won borber: tretinient of Catholtes who, the Special.
Saturday shop. On occupied the ground floor of a four- storey reinforced concrete building, converted, because of its strength, into an air raid shelter.
Not One Survivor
A 580-lb. bomb scored a direct hit on this building, and reduced it to a heap of rubble and twisted steel. There was not one survivor.
Water moins in the building burst, and the water, as it trickled through the debris across the footpath to the gatters, ran red.
Sixty-eight persons lie burled in one of the three-bomb-proof shelters
Japanese said, were co-operating with them, matte it easy to under- stand the unending list of outrages cammitted against non-Catholly for elgners and their property by Japan- ose soldiers.-Reuter.
U.S. REDUCING
SUGAR QUOTA
Chengchow, June 0.
Hankow, June 5. Twelve Japanese worships are re- ported to have left Tatung for Kweighih, about 20 miles up-river. Over ten Japanese aircraft carried out reconnaissance fights in the
A belated report received here vicinity of Tatung yesterday a late last night states that a threaten-parently acting as escort for tho
ships Ing situation has developed at Lan-
The objective of the warshipa la Washington, June 5. feng since June 3 when a detachment in the grounds of Sun Yat-sen
westward, believed to be Aniting. which
The was bombed
Ministry of Agriculture of Japanese forces in a University,
Chinese circlos hero' state it ro- announces that sugar import quotas drive along the Lunghal Railway thrice during yesterday's rajd.
a small
mains to be seen whether the thren- Kwangtung provincial ofcials will be reduced in accordance with arrived at Hsinglungts,
tened attack represents the beginning afforded me avery opportunity to the revised estimate of domestle village west of Lanfeng. visit the pinces wrecked by the consumption, which is now placed at To
of a Japanese attempt to capture by way of the Yangise—— Hankow
week-end bombings.
0,780,000 short tons, compared with
the south-west of Kaifeng, It is hardly conceivable that the 0,881,000 short tons in the December Japoneze forces appeared at Yuoh
esitmato-Reuter.
tien on Juno 4.--Central News, (Continued on Page di
Restor
SELECTIONS
·CANTON RAILWAY
(By "Captain Foster")
Racing was excellent at Happy Volley last Saturday,
The Whitsun meeting will conclude this afternoon with a special dollar cash sweep on the Luntao Handicap for "B" class China ponies over a run from the two mile post, once round and in, and judging by the allotment of the lead, my fancy is
Star Honeymoon
und Eve, New Potentate. I have named them in the order
I expect to see them pass- the winning post and a good Tace is assured.
ing
There are, however, ten attractive events on the card, the first two being run before tin. The first suddling bell after lunch will be rung at 2.30 p.m. sharp.
My selctions for the ten events are follows:
BEAUFORT HANDICAP Confusion Bay
Expression Time
Half-Moon Eve
LAMA HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION).
Val:rous
Gold Coin
Estover
WHITSUN PLATE
Bear Clawy
Gladiator
· Oak Bay
WOOLLAHRA HANDICAP
Rex
Twilight Star Zodiac
SMUGGLERS PLATE
Lancashire Chap Mongolian Cat Stymio
GREEN ISLAND HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION) Roso-QueenI King's Leat Tyno
MANLY HANDICAP
Aztec Katlaka Criffel
LAMA HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)
Tabby Cat Atomi Star Ebony Idol
GREEN ISLAND HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION) Soldier of China' National Defence. Night View
LANTAO HANDICAP Honeymoon Eva New Biar Potentato
DAILY DOUBLE EVENT Lancashira Chap/Anteo
SEVERE DAMAGE BUT NO DEATHS
Toulouse, June 6. Nine unidentified, groy: coloured planes bombed a French frontier village in the near Pyrenees, near Aix-les- Thermes early this morning. Damage was considerable but there were no casualties. -Reuter.
JAPANESE THEATRE BOMBED
Chinese Audience Gets Bad Scare
Tientsin, June 0.
Members of the audience attend- ing yesterday afternoon's pertorm- unce at the Capitol Theatre, in the former German Concession, badly frightened when two deafening' explosions occurred.
were
The explosions, which were separated by short intervals, aro be
leved to have been caused by in- cendiary bombs, as the theatre Im-.
cly caught fre.
was a mad rush for the exits, and the theatre was quickly cleared. Fortunately, the audience was not a large one, and only two people suffer- ett injury in the stampede for the doots.
During the interval the floor of tha theatre was found to be strewn with leaflets calling upon the Chinese not to patronise the theatre, which was alleged to be owned by Japanese.
Fire brigades from the British and Japanese Concessions rushed to the scene to cope with the outbreak.
There was a similar occurrence re- cently at the Star Theatre in the French Concession, which is owned by the same Japanese Company. The theatre was slightly damaged. Reuter.
STOP PRESS
Extra Train Service Here From Canton
Express trains from Canton are being, run in two divisions in order to cope with the influx of refugees, which shows no signs of decreasing.
Twenty-six coaches were used last night to bring down over 2,000 people evacuating Canton. In addition extra coaches were added to the slow mixed-train which, departing from Canton at 9 a.m., did not arrive in
ntil this morning. until Hongkong
The Japanese, in addition to bomb- ing Canton elly, are daily carrying- out extensive raids on the Kowloon- Canton and Canton-Hankow Railways, and the loop-line connecting the two- rallways was severely bombed dur ing yesterday's raids.
The
permanent Way between Kowloon and Canton Is. In much bolter condition than was the caso three months ago, despite intenst fication, of Japanese bombings, and the express trains are running about only from an hour to 90 minutes behind schedule..
One of the bridges across
the river was struck by bomb last week, but damage was only superficiel," and was repaired within 48 hours.
Telephone trunk line between Can- ton and. Hongkong, which is hurled underground, was badly damaged for about half a mile, and is now strung from tree to tree in this area.
(Further Stop Press News on Page 12.).
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