THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1938.
SEVERE BATTLE ON YANGTSE FRONT To-day's Novelty
Japanese Initial Attempt To Take
Tienchiachen Foiled
New Menace To Court Sequel To
Cities
Wuhan In River Drive
Juichang, Sept. 22,
AS THE RESULT of the striking progress in the Japanese advance along the south bank of the Yangtse into Hupch, the fall of Yangsin, strategically important Chinese town about 75 miles south-east of the Wuchan cities, is now believed imminent.
Harbour Ducking
MR. A. H. POTTS CLAIMS $1,000
The recent "ducking" received by Mr. Alexander Hut- ton Potts, well-known sharebroker, and his wife, follow Road West, had a sequel in the Summary Court this morn- ing, when an action was brought before Mr. Justice E. H. Williams, claiming $1,000 damages from the owner of the lorry, Tsang Ping-kong.
ing a collision between their car and a lorry in Connaught
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Dance Orch-I Love to Whistle
Fox Trol (from Mad about Music'); Trot Long, Sweetheart-Fox (from Mad about Music')....day Wilbur and His Bund: Vocal-The Nelsons Eddy (Baritone) with
mytounties (from Rose-Maricel
Mr. D. B. Evans appeared for Mr. Potts, and defendant was represented by Mr. W. A. Mackinlay.
Mr. Evans said that the Pollge?-It probably slipped
mind. action arose out of an accident,
I put it to you that you can u tra dirented by Nathaniel Shilkret: which occurred on July 9 in uf Western Street very much faster Dance Orelt.-A Star Fell Out Of near then you told us you did?-1 certain-Heaven--Fox Trol; Did Remem Connaught Road West,
ly did not.
What speed were you going at the wife left their Western Street.
Plaintiff and his house in Pokfulam about 9.30 p.m. tisne you were hit?-Five or for the Vehicular Ferry Wharf in miles. Jasta small American Austin seven,
The vanguards of the Japanese forces driving into Hupeh along the southern route on Wednesday effected a 10-mile advance on Yangsin and reaching the line of Paichangshan faced their immediate objective of only a few miles.
the
The Japanese Hirata detach-, other column advancing from ment crossed Huangtukio north-east, the raiding party
night pushed through Huangkintang Creek, at 4.30 o'clock. on
on to Shiltzeyen. Wednesday morning, driving the Chinese forces from the western bank into the hinterland.
as-
In yesterday's running sault, the Japanese forces cap- tured a field-gun, many artillery shells, and a lot of ammunition.
As the invading columns continued on to the west, the fall of Mushih-
mei,
Fall Of Loshan
with
Fox
15112 Winnick and Ilis
refrain: o
Trot (an orches
vocal (Robinson,
I've Got
Ground mines and barbed wire tween Kwangehow and Sinyang and went across Des Voeux Road Court that on the evening in ques-(im "The Glil of the
were abandoned by the Chinese troops. Domci,
Tienchiachen Battle
Hankow, Sept. 22.
Bighting. After six days' severe Chinese forces have foiled the initial efforts of the Japanese · to Tienchinchen, strategie town above Wasuch, on the north bank of Yangtze River,
Take
the
Leshan, Sept. 22. The fail of Loshan, midway be The last major stronghold on the highway to Sinyang, was the result assault by the of a daring night Japanese forces advancing westward from Kwangehow.
the
hit the cor.
were
the car
because
wag
of
Ac-
it
ira.
Vocal-Swing. Taylor years Accomp.:
Did
Mister Chur pet it to you as it is my case,
old) with Orchestrid which had left hand drive, and as that the lorry in fact had lights, that Brooks)....Judy Garland (13
accident was caused because you he had frequently done before, he then see them, and that you got Piano-Charlie Kunz ano Medley chose the route down Western Street.
You're Feelin' 11 When they left the house, it was out of Western Street when it was No. R. 12; Intro: You Are My Lucky
near the lorry?-That is not true.
Feeling
You're F5- the University the weather cleared After corroborative evidence had you ever have kant was belleved hnminent.--Do- | raining heavily, but on arriving near unsafe to do so at all, in front oolin'; She's Funny That
Sarah ing? A Little Dash of Dublin; Every- up somewhat, as a result of which bec siven by Mrs. Susua the sidescreens were folded up. The
guard thing's In Rhythm with My Heart Potts, Ahmed Khan, Indian
.Charlie "Kunz; Vocal-Senorita headlights and tail-light were on.
West') 434,
Golden who was on subpoena, told the
Eddy
(Baritone) with then proceeded slowly and
tion he was in Western Street when...Nelson
by Leonard Joy: down Western Street.
going Dance Orchestra-Sympathy-Wallz When nearing the junction of he noticed a car coming from Des Orchestra cond.
Voeux Road, The cur
(im Firely)....Roy Fox and His by Western Street and Connaught Road
Orchestra with Vocal Refrala slower than slowly and with lights on.
IN GOOD CONDITION
Dennis Comedienne-Your West, Mr. Potts went ever as he knew that the corner was
Mr. W. F. Webb, manager of the Denny
Messrs, Dog's Come Bome Again (Harring- motor-ca depnetment A column of the Japanese forces! a dungerous one.
He brought his ear almost to a cast of 4 miles
Dance Orchestra-Lambeth Walk- reached a point
wife to Alex Ross, testified that he had done ton)....Gracie Flelds will Orchestra and asked his dan, at 3 o'clock:
repairs to Mr. Palts' ear occasionally, Dan on Tuesday standstill, Leshan, afternoon, while another Japanese satisfy herself that there was nothing and before the accident it was in a Fox Trot (from 'Me and My Girl'); un, London Is Saying Goodnight-Fox her side, Whil
stood condition. In his opinion,
....Billy Thorburn and His column occupied Hsiaoloshan, about coming from
Yury careful lookout 2
willi Music of Loshan,
Vocal refrain; Vocal miles south-west
at he himself kept on the same day.
on his own side. They saw nothing, the value of the car before it was Trot
damaged was between $500 to $600. urts-I Get A Kick Out Of You 4.30 pm. on
After it was salvaged, every part of
(Musical
Show Anything Goes'); Completing their preparations, the and accordingly proceeded to ima :
their into Connaught Read,
You're The Top (Porter) ... Anona the car had to be completely dis commenced The Japanese, driving southward Japanese forces
they
about When
three-
mantled,
of the damage Winn and Billy Marlow with Orches from Kwangist to Tenchiachen, are, general offensive on the walled town
by salt water. said to have received a setback with the sunset. The drizzling rain! quarters of the way across the road und about to straighten out to go
Opening the defence, Mr. Mac-tral Accompaniment: Comedienne-
He's
Tall, Dark and Handsome Sungshun, where drey sustained | served to aid the attackers,
kinlay submitted that the sale al-Tobias and Sherman); Virginia abuut 700 casualties and the loss of a After all-night fighting. Ühe Japan- towards the ferry wharf, they felt large quantity of arms and ammud-ese forces, early next morning cross- a violent shock, not so much einlegation of negligence which was of There's A Blue Ridge in My Heart;
terrifle push, fran behind.
any real impertiner was the one (Bryan, Shuster and Phillips) Ted tion.
ed the creek skirting the Castle and pact as a ter
remarked to ins The situation at Tienchiachen has at 7.30 am. Japanese storm troops
Mr. Potts then Castle
cording Pushed into
through wife, "What in the world is that," that the lorry had no lights,
to the statement of claim, Sophie Tucker assisted by since been much stabilised, Chinese
Orchestra-Hear My Song, Violetta arrived by two reinforcement:
isinmen Cats and posted the Rising/ and she replied that something had the negligence alleged was that (11/Shapiro and His Orchestra; Dance the night of Sun dat over the Castle Gate,
the forry had no lights; (2) that Tane; I'd Bring The Heavens To different routes un
Immediately afterwards,
was driven at an excessive speed You....Emil Roosz and His Orches- September 10, and have established
The main forers of the Japanese close contact with their troops in the
column lapel a triumphant entry started to spin, and it spun so vio-
As to the look-out.
6 Time, Weather and Announce- keep a proper districts around,
na evidence: effectively into the Castle at 18 o'clock in the leatly that both Mr. Potts and hand (3) that the driver failed to
Derments. Chinese are The
morning, to complete their occupa wife were unable to say whether it
During and ground, there was no
8.02
Kelar-"World London employing night raids and flanking
tion of the important outpost of the went round once or twice.
that must, therefore, fail. Con-Affairs." movements to check the advance of
anthern section of the Peking-Ian- that time they were not aware of whatsoever of the lorry's speed, and
could they see Wusuch
came capture
what hit them nor
cerning the third point, Counsel sub- the Japanese from
kow Hallway. The
initted that if the plaintiff could Kwangtsi.
within five days of the fall of anything.
and have seen the lorry approaching Vanguards of the Japanese colum
Full Saf (Geaves-Buck); in south-eastern Homan are reported Kwongchow-Domei.
if the vehicle bad got lights on, then outskirts the
he himself was guilty of the final Winds (Askew-Harrison); Fret-Foot to have reached Loshan, which is about 32 miles east
unit of negligence-by taking his car Barran-McCall); of Sinyong Bitter fighting is going
out to Connaught Road in front of (Foley-Cadman)....with Orchestral on at Shihatang, east of Lushan, and
8.28 Arthur De Greet at the Piana. also at points south-west of the town.
Serenade,
Op. 15; Elude, Op. 18, With the aid of reinforcements the
the lorry and thus caused the ac- Arcompaniment,
Continuing. Mr. MacKinlay said
(Moszkowski); Waltz In G Flat Chinese defending forces are exerting
ta #et out, but the ear that his submission in due course No.
Facing
strong Chinese resistance wards Wuning, about 50 miles away
to the southwest, in order to operate bour until the next morning, when
the Court that the Jarry had no Op. 64, No. 1 (Chopin).
8.38 StudioA Concert by Z.B.W. and hampered by the dilleult terrain
lights on before the accident. Wuning towards the Japanese westward
it was salvaged and found to be a
Evidence would be called by the Orchestra. In the Tupich range,
trum stenuins. southward
total wreck.
Suite Ballet (Popy)....Z.D.W. driving
that the lights! defence to prave
2. Feldeinsamkeit troopy
slow Shangcheng are making very
On getting back to the road, Mr.
were on, although it was admitted Orchestra; have
Elena Gerhardt (Mezzo- Potis olived the lorry. That was progress. They are said to
at Shakots
Soprano) with Plano accomp. by suffered defeat
E
after the accident.
Bos; 3, Valse The the first time he realised what had that they were not in working order Central News
DRIVER'S STORY east of hit his cur. The lorry was then be
the Flowers (von Whispering of tween 30 and 40 yards
The driver of the lorry, Chan Siu- lights, Western Street. It had no
Blon); 4. Humoresque (Levine) destroy the Chinese lines of com and the defence had admitted that athon, stated that he was on his wayi
to the Yaumati Ferry Wharf from Z.B.W. Orchestra; 5. The Rosebud municationander stated that he had that time the lights were
when the accident Hark! Hark! The Lark (Schubert); Elsie Sud- The
(Schubert) Kennedy Town been informed by an arrested spy working order.
at Mr. Evans then went into the de- uccurred. At the junction of Con- Serenade
the daby (Soprano) with Piano accomp. L'Arlesienne that the Japanese operations
2 (Bizet); (a) Pastorale: Shangcheng and Hwangchuan are at tails of the claim, and pointed out natiga Read and Eastern Street, the thy sure wit
and of a ear, which was then in the Suite No. fecs present in the nature of a smoke that one of the items referred to a first thing he noticed was the boad
real Japanese forces sum of $40 for doctor's sereen. The
x-ray, Mr. Petts suffered from shock middle of the road, and about five (b) Intermezzo; (c) Minuetto;
9.30 London Relay The News. and pala as a result of the accident, or six feet away on the right side Farandole....Z.B.W. Orchestra.
9.50 B.B.C. Recording"Monsieur but the He applied the brakes and was unable to attend to his work of the lorry.
Beaucaire." for three days.
vehicle skidded forward and he then
Broadcasting from Adaparkington's novel and the heard a noise. At no time did be switch off or dim the Biglats.
Cross-examined, witness said that light opera libretto by Frederick Gordon McConnel; Lousdale by sitting in the driver's seat of his Lyrics by Adrian Ross: Music
the Hlare
of the head-lights
Andre Messager; Produced by Gordon fould be seen easily. He could the beam of the lights which showed McConnel and Rex Haworth.
11 Close Down. Witness was closely cross-examin- him the hood of the smaller car.
of
Rush. Reinforcements
Tehan, Sept. 21.
WENT INTO HARBOUR Following the spin, the car went backwards towards the water edge. Mr. Potts endeavoured to stop this by accelerating violently but this of the Tehan's western Bank nounces that the Japanese are rush-id no effect, and the ear, with them ing a column, consisting of about one
The Chinese commander in charge
an-
in it, went into the harbour.
Mercifully, Mr. and Mrs.
Pot's
cident.
A talk by H. Wickham Steed. 8.15 Four Songs by Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone).
Sea
The Builder
desperate efforts to halt the invaders. division southward from Julchang to- mned in the bottom of the hur- would be that plaintiff must satisty Major, Op. 70, No. 1; Waltz in D Flat,
South Yangtze Battle.
from
The enlumn has already renched Fengchlapa which is about 15 iniles south of Julchang.
Japanese planes have again bomb- ed the Wuchang-Nanchang highway in the vicinity of Wuning in an effort
in not
to Tehan, Sept. 22. Severe casualties were luleted on the Japanese forces advancing on the Juichung-Wuning highway in nor Klanne on Tuesday we three defcuted by the Chinese in a three- hour encounter at Fenchiapu, 10/2 miles south-west of Juichang. They
will remain on the south bank of the river. retired toward Juichang.
Military circles believe that the
Hundreds of trucks are kept busy, this highway thrust along Japanese this
according to reports, transporting
Mr. Potts then gave evidence, and threaten
Japanese supplies between Juichang as twofokl purpose:
and Klukiang and taking. supplies up after corroborating what his counsel the right wing of the Chinese t
hut already stated, added that the and to create disturbances
to the spearhead. Yongsh and
This latest move, declared the tyres of his car were recently re- on the Hupch-Klungsi border.
Chinese lander, presents a real threat treaded. Numbering not more than 1,000 men, the Japanese are not equipped to outflank Wahan and the Chinese have launched two minor attacks
He attempted to accelerate to with any heavy armament and have
een engaged most of the time in cast of Yikew and the Japanese are
the ear from toppling over, when sporadic raids Instead of frontal at-withdrawing from the city towards later tried to brake in order to stop confident that they can be "inopped | have denarted and there appears to/Anished," They both went into the his lorry picked out the hood of the
Chinese military authorities are All Japanese warships at Hsingtse these failed his wife remarked "It's
tocks.
up
singtse
mean
Attack On Kaifeng
"IT'S FINISHED"
on his way to the office,
over
very
he
ed as to whether the head-lights of
Booth
(d)
by
smaller car as a shadow or whether Oil Output Is
Rationed
The when he
for
be concentration to attack Tien-
He did not feel any ill-efferts until
the shadow was cast by a near-by On the Nanchang-Klukiang Rail-chinchen forts from the land and sea
the following Wednesday, when
street light,
Mr. Evans put it to witness that way the Chinese continue to exer! together, their pressure on the Japanese around The fall of Tlenchinchen, however, suffered from severe shock. He had Mabweiling. At Kunghunyuan, south- though it is culled the key city to the Just finished his breakfast, and was either forgot to switch on the
im suddenly felt a burning sensation all end-lights, or, for some reason, the In Richest Empire Wells cast of Mahwelling. Japanese unit Willian area, does not was practically annihilated in a suid-mediate danger to Wuhan, declared his body, and his face began to lights went out when he was pre- waneeding along Western Street. Wit
Calgary (Alberta). red. The doctor
Much is heard about France's den night attack on Tuesday. The this commander, since several more Japanese were caught in their sleep forts are guarding the river above turn
summoned and he did not feel at all ass denied that his lights were not
Saturday morning and suffered more than 40 killed. Tlenchinchen.-United Press.
1032 ira
At this point, the case was ad-Maginot Line of defence, but in a He bought the car
Line would Only seven or eight escaped.
Calgary the Madison $2,500, and at the time of the e-journed until fa-morrow afternoon. remote corner of the Empire near big part if Britain were ever running
play was in first-class eldent
$600,
involved in war.
The Madison Line covers a vast lake of crude oil 7,000 feet below the Turner Valley Julio,
already established us the leading willed in the Empire, with a potential output of 64,000 barrels a day from the The Government existing welln now ration the output to about 40 per cent, of this.
On Wednesday morning Chinese guerillas raided Yanghuakung, west
of Muhwelling, inflicting more than
Chengchow, Sept. 22.
A fresh attack on Kalteng, 40 ton. Its value then was miles east of here on the Lunghat
to his own estimate, Aller 20 casualties on the Japanese.
The full continues in the Singtze- Railway, was launched by Chinese the neclaent, he sold the ear to his
belated the
Maurice Weill, brother-in-law, Mr. Telian sector. Except for occasional forces on Tuerday night, a minor clashes there has been no report received here states.
One Chinese unit penetrated into for $50. He had a driving licence in Ilongkang for over ten years, and Aghting on the Sinetze-Tehan high- way during the last two days the south elty and engaged the ever had an accident, nor had Japanese in street fighting, inflicting
he been convicted for Central News,
henvy casualties on the enemy.
offence. The attackers retired yesterday moming-Central News.
Yangsin Drive
Julehang, Sept. 21. The Japanese Nakamura delach-) ment leading the drive on Yangeln Into Hupel on Wednesday is press- ing on Mushinkeng, about 6 miles south-east of Yangsin, according to field despatches reaching here, an
The mobile column at 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning reduced Meinu 50 te gjethe
of Mushin
PALESTINE CURFEW
tiny trame
CROSS-EXAMINED Cross-examined by Mr. Mackininy,
across
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Special Prayers For Peace Of The World
Prayers for the peace of the world
WAS
N
in all Anglican Churches in Hong-marvellous Empire resource in ense kong and Kowloon on Sunday.
ot war.
Sir Edward Ellington, Inspector- Mr. Potta sald that the interval band the guidance of God for the General of the It.A.., surveying the
started tween the time ne
accident leaders of the world, will be offered fold recently, said that it Connaught Road and the was about 16 seconds.
Mr. Mackinlay: lad you seen Inery coming, would you have CтOSS- Curtow is being strictly maintained ed in front of it?-Certainly not.
offered next Sunday at all Roman You have just stated that the in the ten towns and also in the
His Holiness the Pope has given Catholic churches for the "preserva- southern section of the Palestine aidescreens were folded up, why
didn't you mention that to the orders that special prayers are to be tion of peace."Trafis Ocean,
Jerusalem, Sept. 21.
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