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CHINESE GUERILLAS MAKE IMPORTANT ADVANCES
ICHANG, Feb. 27.
BITTER FIGHTING which started afresh several days ago on the eastern section of the Hankow-Ichang highway at Takwan- miao and Waminotsi was continued unabated throughout the last week-end, with strong Chinese reinforcements steadily pushing up from the rear.
After a momentary recapture by
Waminots! Chineze gurrillas,
Wis again lost to the Japanese who are now checked, from further westward tvance by regular Chinese forces.
Kingshan-Chunggiang | Along the highway, which runs to the north; and paralleling the Hankow-tchangi
with highway, 200 Japanese forces
feld guns are malding concerted drive westward on the Chinese pos
AUDACIOUS LEAFLET
Copy Of Kuling
tions at Shihlipu. Fighting is raging Warning In H.K.
to the south-east of Shiblipu.
Another column of Japanese forces, Hanking the Chinese left
wing
PROBABLY THE most asto- anishing and audacious leaflet yet Sunkian, has been repulsed with con-distributed by the Japanese siderable loss.
military forces during the Sino-
To the south of the tankow-Je Japanese conflict was that which highway, the Chinese right wing is effectively holding out against the army planes drupped on Kuling invaders in the vickily of Ypkow, on January 19, three days after when the Japanese entered inst the Japanese had bombed the werk. The enemy force at Yokow
rom mountain with high explosives, are bringing up reinforcement: from
in printed Hankow and for the present are The satisfied with intermittent lambard- English, was remarkable, both nent on Trenkian, ten miles west of for its grammatical construction, Yokud, on the Han River.
Fund its "terms". Several attempts made by the in-
In it, the Japanese alleged that the vaders to cross the Slang River to
document,.
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 27, 1939,
By Walt Disney
USE
IRT
Two Footballers Collide: One Is Killed
Budapest, Feb. 26. PLAYING in a footbali match between two railway sports clubs to-day, 32-year- old Johann Schaj collided with another player, and was killed outright.—Trans-
Obean.
Japanese Anti-Guerilla Precautions
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A Bower-show will be held at Kow. loot on March 14th. The promoters are golun the right way to make the affair niczens, as free inunchen will be run, admission will be free, drinks gratis and time for nothing. Two silver cups, will probably he offerel, one for table decorations and one for cut flowers.
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Of The Month No. 6; Intro: Chasing Shindows; One night of Jove; I'l never say 'never again' again; We were so young!: Paris In the Spring: Fare thee well, Anna- belle; Melodies Of The Month No. 2; 12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service Intro; My dance: Marie Louise: It's Intercession from St. John's Cathe-easy to remember Vienna in Spring- time; The Bridal Wellz; A Street In dral.
old Seville; Maladies Of The Month 12.30 Kty Masters (Vocal) with No. R. di Intro: Where are
You?: Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. Keep calling me Sweetheart; With
Schoolboy Howlers Comedy Fox-plenty of Money arul You. Teot. Jack Hyllon's Orchestra with 1.0 Tine. Weather and Announce- We have been favoured with the Vocal Refrain: Where Yorkshire And
Lancashire Meet (Damerell following:-
8.03 Albert Sandler (Violin). Evons)....Kitty Masters (Vocal) as- sisted by Berl Master. With
The Pantom. Melody (Albert W. planas; A Melody From The Sky (Alm The Trail of the Lonesome Ketelbey); Aigerian Scent (Albert make you fall of vioUT, PROTRY The Senior Officer Present regrets to Pine)....Kitty Masters with Or-W. Ketelbey)....with the Compeaer Ounce to the offers and crews serv: chestra: Everything Stops For Tent the Plano; O Sole Mio (Di Capua) ing on the Asiatic Station the death of Fox-Trat (film 'Come out of the...assisted by J. Samchtini ("Cello) the Commander-in-Chief, Rear Admiral Pantry'); When
the Guardsman and J. Byfield (Piano). Ralph Chandler, at Hongkong, China, started Crooning On Parade-Fox- on Monday, February 11, 1883
.Jack Hylton's The deceased was buried in the Vocal Refrain: "Anything cemetery of Happy Valley, Hongkong, on February 13. The British elvi, Selcetton (Cole Porter); Red, White Right Hon. The Earl of Lytton, Kelių aval and military authorkies at Hang- And Blue-Fox-Trot (from Swing is .C..., C.C.LE. kon united in a marked and spontane-in the Air')....Jack Hylton and His aus manner with the ulcern and crew Orchestra with Vocal Refrain. In Kwrisui, provincial, capital off of the flagship Marlon in extending suyuan province, sanding barricades military honours to the distinguished have been erected at all street in-dend.
Mourning will be worn by officers of tersections.
the squadron for a period of thirty Alarms of the approach of Chinese days.
"All orders insued by the inte Com Japanese and Korean merchants until further instructions. have been organised into volunteer the garrison strengthen
Chinese Strategy Succeeds
Hoku, Shansi, Feb. 26. Exhaustive measures are employed by the Japanese to ferestall Chinese guerilla activilies in Suiyuan.
Trot.
Orchestra
8.15 London Relay-Books---5.
A weekly series of talks by The
8.30 A Light Concert.
20 Queen's Road C., Hongkong.
AMERICAN LABOUR
the south bank were frustrated byarty and navy authorities, in con- guerillas are broadcast over the radio.] mander-in-Chief will continue in force (Bruhne): "Snow White And The art. Jacques); (a) Hornpipe: Mr. William
no
of
bad the Chinese defenders, who hold junction with third Powers, stubbornly on their riparian positions agreed that henceforth foreigners in will
signs
yielding Kuling had forefelted their nation- they were regarded as Central News,
lity: that
the Chiang Kai-shek sympathisers CHIHSIEN RETAKEN-
regune, and therefore would have to taste the consequences of a Japanese Chengchow, Feb. 2. Chinese guerillas in eastern Ilonan offensive against Kuling. have re-captured Chihslen, small town ten miles south of Laufeng during the last week-end, according to a military despatch received yes
terday.
The querillas attacked Chihsten in a series of raids, completely wiping out the feeble Japanese garrison of about 50 men, and re-entered town without a single loss.-Central Neus.
SOUTH SHANSI BATTLE IMMINENT
the
more
Tungkwan, Feb. 27. A big battle is expected to break out soon in south Shansi as than 4,000 Japanese troops from Anyi, Yungcheng and the vicinity are driving south-eastward in the direction of Yunnku, strategie town on the Shaul-Honan border.
The leaflet, however, tells its own story more effectively, the following recently received in being a copy
longkong from a Kuling resident: "TO ALL FOREIGNERS REMAINING AT LUSHAN"
Bic
corps
to
force.
FREDERICK V. MCNAIR Captain U.S. Navy, and Senior Oficer Present on Asintic Station.
25 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27, 1014.
of the
raph and well-sustained growth Kowloon.
of
"The Merry Wives Of Windsor" (Nicolai); Act 1-Mistress Ford's Rival Leaders Summoned 1.0 Time and Weather.
Aria
Lottee Lehmann (Soprano)
To Discuss Differences 1.93 Reginald Foort at the Organ with Orchestra. (Sung in German); (Handel); The
Miami, Feb. 25, Puszta (Mihaly); The Wind Has Berenice-Minuet
President Roosevelt has written to (b)
Green, head of the Told Me A Story-Tango Havanera Fuery Queen-Three Dances (Purcell Rondeau; (c) Jig.... The Jacques Seven Dwarfs"--Selection.
String Orchestra cond. by Reginald American Federation of Labour and L. Lewis, leader of the 1.15 The Ballyhooligans.
Jacques; Trusting Eyes (Gartner); Mr. John
Committee for Industrial Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Rebel"
Organisation, summoning them to Sweetheart-Fox-Trol: Not
(Dowles-O'Hara), ... Know Nobody's
Favourite Enrico
with appoint a committee
negotiate Caruso (Tenor) Whispering---Fox-Trot;
within the labour movement. Favourites--Fox-Trot Medley; I Gol Symphony Orchestra; Nell Gwynne president added that Labour
Country Dances" (German); Rhythm-Fox-Trot.
1.30 Reuter and
1.
to
Dance; 2. Pastoral Dance: 3. Merry- faces a challenge in finding itself makers Dance....Jack Hylton and divided into opposing groups.
Neither Mr. Green nor Mr. Lewis
Press,
His Orchestra.
and
Story:
0.0 MozartConcerto In E Flat would comment on the President's Major, K. 271,
action.
and
(Piano) Walter Glescking Members of The State Opera House Orchestra, Berlin cond. by Hans Rosbaut.
0.30 London Relay--The News.
Richard Crooks 0.50 Songs by (Tenor)
All villagers living on both sides) of the Pelping-Sulyuan Railway have bern ordered by the Japanese to Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of move to designated areas where they the Admiralty, piloted an aeroplane
Rugby are kept under surveillance to pre-ever the Solmit and located a sumar- Weather and Announcements. vent them frem associating with the Ine which was munoeuvring under the
1.40 Chopin-Concerto No. 1 In E guerillos.
water. He eventually alighted on tho water near the Admiralty Inunch En-Minor, Op. 11.
Arthur Rubinstein (Piano) Villages which might provide cover chantress.
The London Symphony Orchestra for the guerillas have been burned)
During question time in the House conducted by John Barbirolli clown.
2.15 Close down. "Despite the warning during the
Two campaigns have been launched of Commons. Mr. Churchill announced
6.00 "For The Children.” campaign for the attack of Lushan by the Japanese against Tashingshan, that it had been deelted to substitute
Gracie In The Children's Ward.... this year a test mobilisation that the army han requested you!
Instead of the
grand Gracle Fields assisted by Jack Jack- often to come down the mountain stronghold of the Chinese guerillas in anticipation of your being en-in Suyuan, but both have ended in manguvres.
Io. Rita (from the film); Only A Terrible lesnes-tenter's correspon-son and His Orch.; Radio Hour In Children's Ward. Marriott dangered, you failed to listen to our complete failure.--Central News,
dent at Belgrado atates that the Minis- The
Cicely Courtneidge, Paul Rose (film The Vagabond King sincere warning remaining there, CHINESE STRATEGY WINS ter of War, speaking in the Skupatian, Edgar,
with Orchestral accompaniment. and rather dared to slow
Chungking, Feb. 28.
intimated that the Ferviu losses in the Robeson and Jack Jackson and 11is Friml); Smilin' Through (Penn)....
Studio-Serial Turkish War were 5,000 dend a 16,000 Orchestra;
10.0 London Relay-In Town To- attitude of supporting the enemy
The failure of the Japanese "mop-wounded, while his the Serbo-Bulgarian Noah's Ark (Zoological Tunes for alght'. alde.
from personalitics It has been decided at the con- ping up" campaign in etntral Hopei War they wern H.000 dend and 30,00 Children Old and Young) (arr. Henry
Introducing dfeit Hall): Intro: Baa, Bau Black Sheep; every walk of life in interviews with ference between the army and navy was due to the new Chiness strategy wounded. Altogether 18,000 had
Sing a Song of Sixpence; An Elephant and the third Power authorities on of destruction of all establishments of woonde and sickness. December 6, 1938, at Kinking that of military value and wholesale
In recent years there has been no Never Forgets: Whipsnade: Cockel Gamlin, Austees from the News Corner (Michael Standing interviews you be regarded to have sepurned evacuation of civilians and supplies. from your respective nationality in any town menaced by the supuse more striking fenture in the develop Robin; Hey Diddle Diddle; Little Bo of the week, and Standing on the
Go. etc.....The B.B.C. Dance Or- produced by C. F. Mechan. and have united yourscives with che, according to information from ment of this Colony of ours than the Peep; A Frog He Would a-Wooing the man in the Street'); Edited and
chestra directed by Henry Hall with 10.30 A Dance Programme. regine nilltary Kai-shek
The Japanese who entered Nan-! The new railway station is now in Vocal Chorus; At Mother's Kace;
Fox-Trot-Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride The army, will before long, launch
complete offensive operation kung recently could not find anything band and though the building itself has Intro: Hush--bye Baby; Lullaby (lm Romance and Rhythm): Waltz Transportation of not yet been commenced, the found (Mozart): Sweet and Low (Barnby) Never Brenk A Promise... The spainst the remnants around the to eat or drink.
Essic Ackland (Contralto) with Organ, The Dance Band and Me Lushan arca.
military supplies was extremely ditions have been laid and the long niret-
hes of brick-work platforms con-... Dcult as their transport unils were
(Plant) with vocal refrain: Fox-Trois structed, while the new ferry and rail-Orchestra and Chorus "IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED"
0.30 Closing local Stock Quota-Sweet As A Song (flin 'Sally, Irene again and again woytad, A5 Tway pier is now almost finished. sult, "That the army assumes no
they we
were compelled to with- One thing which Kowloon lacks isntions.
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy responsibility hereafter for a sert draw after staying in the empty town hospital for Europeans. Hongkong has
Fox- Vocal Chorus; few days.
A Wet Sheet And A Flowing Sen Orpheons with con abundance of there Institutions, but ous danger which might be inflict-for cd on you in connection with this
Penetrating into guerilla-infested Kowloon none, and the growth of the areas, the Japanese were often sur white population will in course of time. II. Lloyd)....Reyni Naval Sing- Trol--How 'Dja Like To Love Me? operation.
this era, Portsmouth, cond. by C. T. Lee (Film Swing Teacher Swing). compel serious consideration.
Its Songs Of The Sea (arr: Terry); Intro: Jack White and Collegians "January 16, 1939. On behalf of rounded by an overwhelming, num-| question. the Imperial Japanese Arty.
ber of hostile troops. Their units
10 YEARS AGO
Whisky Johnny Sally Brown; Let Vocal Refrain: WallThat Night In Colorado Sunset (from the Although the leaflet
which Invaded
the Bulgine Run: Blow My Bully Avalon; Nankung, Kisien Friday
Orchestra fanuary 10, it was not showered upon and Chuych suffered heavily from The week has been one which might Boys: Billy Boy: Johnny Comes Down film)....Hilo Hawaiian Then completely by surprise, the the Kuling residents until three days Chinese enveloping attacks.--Centrale werk the Colony to take an in- 10. Hilu; Blow the Man Down Rio with Vocal Refrain; Tangos Tango Japanese were thrown into great Inter.
Singers, Espanol; Tonga Illusion....Robert confusion and suffered considerable
tervat is itself. Mot only have very: Grande.
Renard Dance Orchestra. Instead, on the 16th, the Japanese
real, it hardly dennalle, prospects of Portsmouth, cond. by C. T. Lee. losses during the Oghting-Central ralded the mountain resort and
110 Close down. the establishment of a velilcular ferry
G.45 London Relay-Music-fall. Newa.
dropped many bombs, causing a con-
service been held out, but the long-lost siderable amount of damage to
vision of a trunk telephone line between foreign property.
flongkong and Canton has been revived. Negus Tanri of Anyssinia, rapidly giving evidence of the direction in which he is going to utilise his recently required powers, hus dertted to estab
sh an International wireless station at Addis Ababa,
Jupanese vanguards, according to a report reaching here, have already clashed with Chinese defenders Henglingkwan near Yuanku.-Cep- tral News,
the
at
G
JAPANESE ATTACKED IN NORTHERN HONAN
Loyang. Feb. 27. More than 300 Japanese troups with several artillery picces waylald by Chinese forces nt a vil- lage about seven miles east of Po Al terminus of the Thokow-Chinghua Hallway in nerilera Ilonan last
were
Japanese Lodge
Second Protest
Shanghai, Feb. 27. It
understood was
that Municipal Council's reply to the first Japanese protest which was handed to Consul-General Miura by Chile- man C. S. Franklin of the Council on Saturday failing to satisfy them, the Japanese military, naval consular authorites, following
Chiang
Was
dated
Crowd Cheers Defence In Moscow Trial
News.
Sources.
Japanese Lose 1,000 Planes
Chungking, Feb. 26. Regarding the Tokyo report that Japan is rushing to build new agro- lines, aviation experts here con- sider that this is due to the urgent nded for more seroplanes.
1+2
Feb. 27, 1929.
5 YEARS AGO
6.32 Sea Shanties.
.Ruyat Naval
Chinese Victory At Kuling
and Mary'); Please Be Kindtil
with
Chungking To Rangoon Survey. Flight
Feb. 27, 1934. The United Press correspondent in Progue says that the Czecho-Slovakian It is oficially claimed that 2,000 overnment are understood to view the Japanese planes have been destroyed German overtures for a Non-Aggression:
Kunming, Feb. 27. sizice the war started, including 221 Pact favourably, provided that it is
CHUNGKING, Feb. 26. shol.dawn in doe-Behts, 179 destroyed mado, perfectly clear that it does not with their reintions with
The survey fight between Chung- CHINESE REPORTS from A crowded court warmly applaud-on the ground, and 63 shot down by interferu
Franco.
proved most satisfactory, It is indicated that Crocho-Slovakia Nanchang belatedly state that King and Itangeon on February 22 commit herself to the Chinese and foreign residents Pilot Tan Huan-chun to-day. the flagship Idzumo on Sunday, modov, when he made
judice of her relations with Franco,
Pilot Tan arrived here on his return remaining at Kuling, celebrated
and
312-
Moscow, Feb, 26.
other emergenes conference aboarded the defending counsel, M. Kom- Chinese anti-aircraft guns.
a plea of It is stated that the Japanese are :
test
clemency for Mikhail Vernissensky, anxious to build more plones in order will not have decided to lodge a second pro- the Russian radio operator, who is to meet possible aerial attacks from that Dr. Bencs, the Foreign Minister,
with the Municipal Counell.
at the res-Siberia.-United Press. It is pointed out that the Japanese shared with sabotage, authorities were still maintaining the uned trial to-day.
atitude of co-operation with the
Municipal Council it
In principle,
Bodov kicked the prosecutor
for finding a counter-revolutionary
In the motive for the defendant's alleged
the event, however, the latter de-sabotage, "which the testimony at 14 finitely fails to show "good faith" in Folar witnesses did not justify", denling with the present situation.
hot in court were chiefly Polar
"effective
Warships Mass At Gibraltar
in that a Nun-Aggression Pact with Germany will help to offact the em bryonic Italo-Austro-Hungarian lianes, which threatens to push a wedge between the Little Entento and which is worrying Czecho-Slovakia.
J
Heir To Throne Of Tunis Dead
declared
a minor Chinese victory on tourney from Rangoon yesterday February 23, when Chinese afternoon and is expected to proceed waylaid advancing Japanese into Chungking this morning. fantry under cover of artillery
He sold that no
NeverD
weather
at Kuling, killing 80 of the influctuations occurred during his air vaders and sending the rest Journey, but that it is difficult to fteeing..
predict the weather conditions when the rainy season comes,
they are prepared to proceed with specialists and workers who listened
etive and adequate measures
Gibraltar, Feb, 20,
The Japanese shelled the Lushan Suence for the prosecutor's demand
Pilot Tan also revealed that the bentive" ty by taking an "Independent
Over 100 British warships will be and for a harshi penalty,
mountain and then Kuling, after
nd-antives as well as the Chinese real- M. Kommatav attributed the ng-in the harbour with the scheduled
which the Japanese Infantry Sunday's
the Mediter- conference cured's breakdown to the severitles arrival here to-day
Tunis, Feb. 20. vanced, but The advantageously dents in Burinn extended warm wel- aboard the ldzume, flagship of the of the Artle conditions, resulting in a ranean Fleet, together with 12 ad-
mirals, including
The Heir to the Threne of Tunis, placed Chinese defenders ambushed come to him when he reached Ran- koon, as the survey flight paved the Japanese Fleet in Chinn Waters, was shattered morale and temporary in Cornmander-in-Chief of the Mediter-00-vent-old Prince Mahmud Eludel, the invaders. attended by Vice-Admiral Koshiro sanity.
way for a formal inauguration Fleet iri the battertip died to-slog..
nervice to- He maintained that although the ranean
The Chinese losses are said to have the China-Burroa air Oikawa, Commander-in-Chief of the
In Warspite, and Sir Charléa Forbes, The 3-year-old Prince Pahar Bey,
closer Japanese Fleet In China Waters, M. crime was counter-revolutionary
soldiers Yoshiaki Miura, Japanese Counsul-afbet, it lacked an anti-Soviet motive Commander-in-Chief of the Home nephew of the present Bay, will be been one sentry post wrecked and merrow, which will lead to
wounded-United relations between the two countries. to-day. Trans- somo General, and other military, naval and} whlet the prosecutor had illegitimate-Fleet in the battleship Nelsonproclaimed
-Central Press. Ocean consular officials,Domel,
ly attempted to prove-Router.
United Proze.
Heir
Prest.
of
Reuter,
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