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MILITARY SITUATION OBSCURE.

HARD LUCK.

British Airmen's Forced Landing.

RECORD HELD FOR AN HOUR.

Rugby, May 22.

FENG'S REPORTED BIG VICTORY.min, Royal Air Force pilots, who

The Northern forces on Saturday night and Sunday morning heavily bombarded Chinking. One of the Standard Oil Company's tanks was set on fire by the shelling, but the blaze was extinguished

within two hours.

The military situation is obscure. However, it is reported that General Feng Yu-hsiang has gained a big victory at Cheng Chow against the Northerners, but whether this is to be counted an ad- vantage for Chiang Kai-shek or the Keds is uncertain.

FINAL GAMBLE.

Reds' Desperate Altack On North.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, May 23. The latest drive against the North can be interpreted only as a very desperate gamble by the Reds for existence.

From controlling half of China their domains have dwindled to

General Feng Yu-hsiang who is reported to have won a big vic-

tory.

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the immediate Wuhan area. Ex- cent for Russian funds the Gov- ernment is bánkrupt.

Hence the summoning of all re- sources for smashing through the centre of North China in a final fing which may end in a drive against Peking or ignominous flight through Shensi Province to Mongolia.

To-day's news is that the ten- sion at Hankow has been slightly eased by the reports of Commun- ist victories in Honan Province, the truth of which is partially indicated by the fact that the rail- way from Hankow is clear to Chumatien in Honan, where the main Fengtien body was formerly encamped.

On the other hand Hankow is caring less on the front south-

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Late this afternoon the air Min- istry was still awaiting now of Flight Lieutenants Carr and "GIT

left Cranwell, Eincolnshire, On Friday morning in an attempt to reach India without alighting.

The airmen hoped under favour- able. circumstances to complete the fourney in forty hours-British Wireless Serviée,

Machine Wrecked.

Simia, May 22. Flight Lieutenanta Carr and Gillman made a forced landing in

EMPIRE DAY.

The "China Mail" will be pub- lished at noon to-morrow, Empire Day, but will appear at the usual time on Wednesday.

There has been considerable machine gun and field gun firing between opposing factions, both up and down the river on, both banks and the Southerners' guns at Silver Island fired a few rounds in response to the Northerners' Bunderabbas. bombardment.

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GREAT ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

CAPTAIN LINDBERGH'S TRIUMPH.

· FURTHER DRAMATIC DETAILS.

LIVING ON SANDWICHES AND WATER.

Further details regarding, Captain Lindbergh's lone dash across the Atlantic only serve to emphasize the “almost superhuman" nature of the achievement. During the flight Captain Lindbergh constantly. changed his altitude in an effort to dodge the clouds, sometimes flying only a few feet from the waves and at others soaring 10,000 feet

high.

IDOL OF PARIS.

A Visit to Nungesser's Mother.

Paris, May 22. Captain Lindbergh subsisted merely on a few sandwiches and water. He encountered rain more than a thousand miles over the the sea in the Persian Gulf yester his altitude in an effort to dodge.

Atlantic and constantly changed day evening 45 miles south-east of the clouds, sometimes flying only The airmen were a few feet from the waves and at picked up by a ship.---Router.

others soaring 10,000 feet high. Anti-Communist Posters.

Later.

Captain Lindbergh did not see a Reports have been received of

The machine is a total wreck-single ship between Newfoundland the alleged landing of Northern

Reuter.

and Ireland. He easily identified Non-Stop Record. ers on Gold Island last night and

Paris by the glare of the beacon. of a rumoured counter-move by

London, May 22.

He declared he had still enough the Southerners from Chinkinng.present Flight Lieutenants Carr thousand miles. Reuter.

As far as can be ascertained at petrol when he landed for another The situation, however, is ob-and Giliman enjoyed for an hour (the honour of holding the world's Anti-Communist posters ap-non-stop record. The airman land- peared in the City to-day,

The U.S. steamship "Preble" replied to fire which was opened on her from the South Bank on Friday-British Naval Wireless.

scure..

Big Victory For Fang?

Shanghai, May 22,

It is reported that General Feng Yu-hsiang has gained a con- siderable victory at Cheng Chow in the course of his engagements with the Fengtien troops, on the borders of Honan and Shansi- British Naval-Wireless,

ed in the Persian Gulf at 9.15 in) the evening, British summer time, on Saturday. If, as appears likely, they beat the French Paris-to-Jask record, they thus held the world's record until 10,22 in the evening, when Captain Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget,

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Paris, May 22, Ten persons were injured, two critically, in last night's casualties on Captain Lindbergh's arrival, The landing ground to-day The French record was 3,345 indescribably strewn with wreckage miles, while Flight Lieutenants of all kinds. Carr and Gillman had apparently The wings and fuselage of the own 3,400 miles, or 200 miles less aeroplane have been considerably

[Saturday's .bles stated: Flight than Captain Lindbergh-Reuter. damaged by souvent hunters.

Posing in Pyjamas.. Lieutenants Cau und Gilman have Photographers. all day long wait- [The "Christian" General, left Cranwell in a seven ton Hawker ed patiently for Captain Lindbergh whose changes in allegiance are bomber h.p. Rolls Royce engine, into awake. Finally they were grati somewhat notorious, has been en-in attempt to create a world'a non-fied by the airman's appearance on gaged for some time against the stop flight record. They hope to the Embassy lawn clad in pyjamas Fengtien enemies of General reach the vicinity of Calcutta. on which he posed. Chiang Kai-shek. If he is anti-They are equipped with hardboiled Captain Lindbergh announced his Red, the above victory (which has gga, cold beef. raisins, biscuits, intention to visit Captate Nun-

apple and pear drops, water, gesser's mother immediately. yet to be confirmed) will further vacuum flanks of tea and coffee and M. Doumergue, the President, has complicate matters for the Com-with the biggest load of patrol ever sent a message of congratulations munists, for Cheng Chow, is an carried by an acroplane." A bed is to President Coolidge who replied important junction leading in one fitted where the aviators can take thanking him for the congratula- direction to Peking and in the alternate apells of sleep. The most tione and referring sorrowfully to other to Shansi, and as stated by critical part of the flight is expected the loss of Captain Nungesser. Reuter recently, it must be held to be the crossing of the Taurus by the Communists if their forces, mountalas at night time.] in the event of retreat, are to escape to Mongolin, the path to which lies through Shensi.]

A.P.C. House Seized.

Wuhu, May 22. Troops have again commun- deered the A.P.C. house, and a new wireless telegraph installa- tion has been erected.

A strong protest has been lodged.-British Naval Wireless.

Troops For Pukow.

Nanking, May 22. Troops continue to arrive by train and some are being sent to Pukow.-British Naval Wireless.

YANGTSE FIRING.

Japanese Warship Silences Attackers.

The

Shanghai, May 23. Japanese. destroyers

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HEAVY RAINS.

LOCAL RECORDS NOT

BROKEN.

LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSE.

Sir Alan Cobham Hops Aerosa. President Coolidge added that the progress of aviation was largely due to France's genius.

Sir Alan Cobham flow from Croydon personally to con- gratulate Captain Lindbergh on be half of British airmen. Reuter.

BLUSHING AVIATOR.

Besieged by Crowds and Press.

over

Paris, May 22.

Hong Kong realdents will be sur- prised to learn that, although the rainfall on Sunday morning and last night was exceptionally heavy, there is no suggestion of anything The United States Embassy has been the "Mecca" of enthusiastic in the way of breaking records.

7.78 inches fell during the 24 crowds calling on Captain Lind hours ending at 10 am. to-day, but bergh to show himself, which he this has been exceeded in May many eventually did, clad in a sult and times before, notably in 1889, when shirt belonging to the United States 20.49 inches fell on a single day. Ambasador as he brought no lug

Neither is there any possibility of gage of his own.

to attempt the crossing of the Northern Altantic alone by air. He accomplished this daring fent on a monoplane which left New York at 7.45 on Friday morning and he arrived at Paris at 30.22 fist night.

The Altantie has now been flown by several men but on only one oc- casion has the Atlantic been cross- ed by aeroplane.

Alcock and Sir David Brown who This was the effort by Sir John

crossed from St. John's Newfound- land to Clifden Ireland in 1919. British Wireless.

Italian Premier's Tribute.

Rome, May 23, Signor Mussolini, the Prime Min- ister, has sent a message to Captain Lindbergh paying tribute to the superhuman will which has taken space by storm and subdued it.

"The feat is one which will ever. remain, a memory to men and a glory to Captain Lindbergh and his people."-Reuter.

Comdr. Byrd Next.

New York, May 22. Commander Byrd Intends to fol- low the trail across the Atlantic blazed by Captain Lindbergh whose feat Captain Byrd holds to be "al- most

superhuman."Reuter's

American Service.

EARLIER MESSAGES.

The Cables' Story of The Flight.

St. John, Newfoundland May 21.

Lindbergh passed over here at 8.45 p.m. local time.

London, May 21, 3.20 p.m. The American airman ind- bergh has been sighted a hundred miles from Valentia.

Later.

Enquiries of the Valentin Wire-

less Station fail to confirm the re- ported presence of Lindbergh, but other reports received indicate that he has passed over Kerry, Cork.

London, May 21, 9.45 pm. Up to the present no confirmed reports of Lindbergh's exact posi- tion have been received, but a New York mesange states that the air- man passed over Bayeux, while in- formation has reached. London' to the effect that he flew along the English coast passing over Corn- wall and South Devon,

Paris, May 21, 9.45 p.m. A monoplane, believed to be Lindbergh's passed over Cherbourg at 8.30 this evening.

Paris, May 21, 10.05 p.m. The monoplane was last reported to be passing over. Oulstreham on the direct line for Havre and Paris.

London, May 21, 10.55 p.m. The American airman, Lind

bergh, landed at Paris at 10.21 p.m.

Reuter.

Le Bourget, May 21. The American aviator, Lind- bergh, arrived at 10.22 p.m. cross- ing from New York to Paris in 32 hours and 22 minutes.-Havas.

Great Welcome."^

Paris, May 22, Captain Lindbregh landed at the Le Bourget Aerodrome at 10.22 p.m. the(official itme)

the month's total figures creating a Captain Lindbergh, blushing scar- record (unless the phenomenal rain-let, found the acclamations em fall of June last year is repeated barrassing, and heaved a sigh of Bhortly). We are below half of the relief when he was able to with record rainfall for May which was draw. created in 1889 when the month's

Thereafter he faced a second or-: total reachad 48.841

deal of telling the story of

ward of Wuchang where about "Hinoki" and "Yanagi," which; The total rainfall so far this year fighi to the newspapermen.

10.000 troops of the anti-Red allies are still threatening Wuhan from twenty miles away.

SOCONY TANKS.

Set On Fire During Heavy Bombardment.

Chinkiang, May 22. Chinklang was subjected to a

To the question what was the

worst moment of the trip, the air- man laughingly, replied: "Sure, this."

is 41.43 Inches, against an average left Shanghai for Hankow yester- of 19.53 inches:

Weather Forecast. day afternoon were fired on at noon to-day off Kiangyin by Light South or variable winds; Northerners from the left bank overcast with rain at first, finer

Captain Nungesser's Mother. and Southerners from the right later, is the forecast for the twenty-

There was a dramatic moment four hours ending at noon to bank.

when Captain Lindbergh later visit- morrow.

Meteorological observations at 6ed Madame Nungossar. a.m. to-day, barometer, 29.78; tem- porature: 74; humidity 99; wind, S. |(force 2)4:3 perse

The "Yanagi" replied and ellenced the attackers. Neither vessel was damaged-Reuter

Peak Home Struck.

He entered the house bareheaded and was so moved for a momont that he was unable to speak

Finally in a shaking voice, speak Ing in English, he told her how he

Thousands of people thronged the Aerodrome an dthe roads in the

vicinity wore completely blocked by motor-cara and charabanés, convey- ing sightseers.

The food of enquiries hopelessly jammed all communications be- tween Paris and Le Bourget,

Huge crowds gathered in the "central" "streets all the evaning, awaiting with greatest eagerness, bulletins of the flight, which were fashed by luminous signs, Interest changed to a excitement until the announcement

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VISITING SHANGHAL During yesterday morning had reserved his visit for the of the landing raised a wild buret||

of cheering all over Paris.

the

heavy bombardment from the Sir Miles Lampson and Admiral thunderstorm lightning struck mother of Captain Nungesser, whom North Bank (held by the North:

No. 460, The Peak, a house occu- he know in New York, and whose Perfect Landing. Tyrwhitt.

pied by Mr. and Mrs. R. A. D. courage he so much admired.

Lindbergh's monoplane made a erners) on Saturday night and

graceful landing, and the crowd early Sunday morning, one of the

Forrest and Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Affecting Scenes. Rugby, May 22,

Captain Lindbergh conveyed the immediately surged around the ma Standard Oil Company's tanks Sir Miles Lampson has arrived Birch. The incident occurred being set on fire. The bombard in Shanghai to consult the about 8.40. a.m., and fortunately brief of all America that the search chine, knocking down policemen and ment stopped shortly afterwards, authorities there on the general was not attended by any personal up to the present had been fruit sentries in their eagerness to wel- and the fire was extinguished Yangtse situation

mishap. The part of the building less come the lone Atlantic flier.

When the speech was translated, Lindbergh was lifted from within two hours, there being no Vice Admiral Sir Reginald struck was a gable on the north Madame Nungessor bravely declar. His face, was drawn and wan, but machine and carried shoulder-high. casualties as a result of it or the Tyrwhitt, who had been on supporting atructure of bricks after she broke down and robbed, the cheering multitude, and tried

side. A atone ornament and the ed ake Had not Jost, hope. There

he waited for twenty minutes amid) borabardment.

voyage up the Yangtse, left Han and mortar were smashed to bite, and held Captain Lindbergh in her to smok land wave his arms in nc- kow yesterday in the flagship and were thrown a considerable arms. Reuter

Hawking" for Nanking and is stance into the garden Con-

knowladgment. --Reuter-capt expected in Shanghair in a tow siderable damage was done to the days. British Wireless Service electrical fittings, and some dans age to the telephone, The house

Firing Across River The local Chinese community, however, are alarmed at the dan wer constituted by the presence of ol tanke and have requested both oil Companies, through the medium of the Police, to withdraw all oil stocks,

"Shanghai, May 23.*}

H.M.S. Hawkins has arrived has aclightning conductor but this

Reuter

is on an opposite corner to the strife

British Praise

Emotional Multitude. Sinc A Paris, May 22 Rugby, May 22,

pay glowing human barier estimated to Charles Lind number 180,000 people was Bat Parit rounding the Le Bourget ser

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