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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1932.

INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/4 13/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

INVADED

SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS CALLED Jeyanese claim that fighting

INTO ACTION

LULL IN THE BATTLE

OF CHAPEI

JAPANESE BITE OFF MORE THAN

THEY

CAN CHEW

Shanghai, To-day.

in.

Casualties.

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AMBULANCE DRIVER SUMMONED.

Alleged Dangerous Driving on Peak.

A LADY AS WITNESS.

In

a class

itself

DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE.

Must Achieve Success.

is going on, and seventeen min- Official Japanese casualties to utes after the first shot two lorry-4 4.1. are 8 killed and .29 loads of disarmed Chinese sol-wounded. It is impossible to diers were brought in to Japan-ascertain the Chinese ca- ese Headquarters.

Laualties as communication be

SAYS HENDERSON. The Japanese have landed a tween the Settlement and the further thousand bluejackets to Chinese forces

Mrs. J. W. Franks, the wife of at Chapel are the Superintendent of Prisons,

Rugby, Yesterday assist in the patrolling of the non-existent.

Mr. Arthur Henderson, before Hongkow district, while their The Japanese occupied the Court this morning, as the prin- will preside at

appeared in the Central Police leaving to-day for Geneva, where he compatriots are carrying out oc- military headquarters at Chapei cipal witness in a case in which Conference, said he is not dis- the Disarmament cupation.

at 6.15 a.m., but lost the railway Li Yim, driver of a motor am-couraged by the existing clrcum After an hour's fighting seven station, when Japanese troops bulance of Central Fire Station, stancas in the world but was going. Japanese wounded were brought were diverted to another hard is summoned for dangerous driv-to the Conference in a spirit of hope

pressed detachment.

ing at the junction of Mount and confidence. Penned In.

The economic and Japanese marines have been Kellett Road and Stubbs Road, on financial position of most countries The Japanese have driven a landed at Pootung to protect the December 17, at 1.15 p.m. wedge across North Chapel and Japanese-mills.

The made it imperative that every effort are now sweeping in towards the 'Planes Circle Overhead.

case came before Mr. W. Schofield. should be exerted to achieve suc- Settlement boundaries penning Dawn, this morning, was the Horace Lo, in entering a plea of Service.

Appearing for the defence, Mr. cess, said he also-British Wireless in the Chinese who, at bay, are signal for further bombing, and not guilty, said he would like to fighting desperately in. tions of the city.

sec three deafening explosions mark- have particulars of the facts ed the first streak of light from that were alleged to constitute Night of Horror.", the East, followed by several at dangerous driving. A night of horror had not intervals. Five aeroplanes have! ended at dawn. Half a million been circling over since 4.30 a.m. A Sudden Swerve. sleepless behind roughly Barri- Woosung Forts Not Bombarded, that Mrs. Franks was riding in a Chinese inhabitants crouched-Reuter.

Traffic-Insp. Alexander said caded doors, while the deadly

Shanghai, To-day. public rikisha on Stubbs Road Meanwhile, Japanese 'planes are cruising overhead, apparently wait-chine-guns sweep each street and source that there is no truth in The ambulance was procceding fire of Japanese rifles and ma- It is learned from a reliable from the direction of the Peak. ing for the unusually dense Scotch mist to clear off before resuming alleys. It is feared a number of the report that Japanese war-up Stubbs Road on its way to the bomb-dropping on Chapei and on the Shanghai - Nanking Railway in the innocent civilians are among the ships bombarded the Woonung Matilda Hospital with a patient. vicinity of North Station.

Firing in Chapei has died down.

The Chinese and Japanese are feverishly strengthening their positions and constructing s andbag barricades.

The Japanese appear to be realising that the Japanese forces are too small for the job, and there is the likelihood of a lull pending the arrival of reinforcements from Japan.

The United States Consul, Mr. Cunningham, doyen of the Consular Body, animadverts there has been a Japanese breach of faith, inasmuch as the Japanese authorities declared yesterday morning that the Japanese forces would not move on Thursday or Friday.

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Hitherto fighting has been restricted to the Chapei area. Western Shanghai and Kiangnan Arsenal and the Chinese City areas are very quiet.

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many Chinese casualties.

Bombed from the Aff.

forts last night.

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HOPE BURNS VERY LOW.

When some distance away from the rikisha, which was cross-

M2 Has Not Yet Been Located.

SEARCH CONTINUES.

Rugby, Yesterday.

Japanese Held Up. mander-in-Chief gave the order fire continues in Chapei, where swerved suddenly to the left and on Tuesday morning, disappeared in At 4.25 a.m, the Japanese Com- Heavy rifle and machine-gunting the main road the ambulance Search for submarine M2..which for aeroplanes to bomb Chapel, the Japanese apparently are held then to the right on the bend the English Channel while exercis- as at one point Japanese marines up by the desperate resistance of Had the vehicle struck, the riki-ing, continues, but, so far has been were sorely harassed by a large Chen Ming-shu's 78th Division.sha, both Mrs. Franks and her unsuccessful. Efforts have been. nest of Chinese soldiers who of-

child, who was with her at the concentrated on two abstractions fered a stiff resistance.

Why Markham Road Was

time, would have been thrown located by sweeping wires and also It is learned that six Japan-

over the embankment.

in the vicinity of the position in Mr. Lo said that, from what which a Tyneside coasting steamer seaplanes were employed he understood from the facts, and a London schooner report har-

by two fond explosions.

- Chapei in Flames, Within five minutes of the or der a squadron of seaplanes from

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Bombed,

Chinese troops haye broken in to the Western. residential district of/Aircraft carrier Notoro, lying in early this morning to bomb Mark the driving could not possiblying observed a bright light followed

the International Settlement.

The Volunteers have been called into action in support of the regulars and to protect the Settlement border.

The Japanese at present are preparing to launch an attack on Shang- hai North Station.

A further dozen Japanese destroyers are reported to have passed Gutzlaff Island in the Yangtsze estuary this morning.

Nanking, To-day.

It is now evident that China will resist the advance of the Japanese. In addition to the balance of the Nineteenth Cantonese Army at pre- sent in the Nanking area, the Third Division of the National Guards have been mobilised for Shanghai. The troops are in high spirits, trotting to the railroad station and shouting patriotic slogans. them a rousing send-off.

Lookers on gave

Tokyo, To-day.

The cruiser Tatsuta and four destroyers left Sasebo with a landing force of bluejackets for Shanghai this morning.

Chapei in Flames.

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Shanghai, To-day.

The amazing spectacle is now to be seen on the roofs of Shanghai's skyscrapers crowded with Chinese and foreigners watching Japanese aeroplanes continually bombing Chapei from the air.

Watching the Bombing of Chapei.

A tremendous conflagration is now raging unchecked in Chapei, and bombing has been goingon for six hours with the Chinese entirely unable to stop it.

STREETS SWEPT BY RIFLE AND MACHINE GUN FIRE

U.S. Destroyers for China.

Washington, Yesterday.

SETTLEMENT QUIELS

The following cable was received from the Senior Officer, Shanghai, (H.M.S. Cornwall), timed at 9.15 to-day:-

It is reported that Japan- ese have occupied Chapel. Intermittent firing was ob. served till after daylight this (Friday) morning,

International Settlement appears quiet.

Later, Another report from the Senior Naval Officer, H.M.S. Cornwall, Shanghai, reads:----

18.30 hrs. (1.30 p.m.). The Chinese are resisting stout- ly, and are still in possession of the north railway sta- tions. At the moment, Jap- anese seaplanes are bomb- ing an area in this dictrict. Two divisions of Chinese troops are reported to have been despatched from Nan- king. Probable time of ar rival, p.m. to-day (Friday), The report of the capture of the Woosung Forts is un- in the Chapel district, founded. Fires are visible

ham Road junction apparently with the object of preventing Chinese troops from Western Shanghai and Lunghua reinfore ing the Chinese forces kelding. Chapel-Reuter's Pacific Ser vice.

FIGHTING AT HARBIN.

Martial Law Declared.

Harbin, To-day. The position is unchanged and martial law has been declared. A Consular warning to foreigners to remain at home after 6 p.m. has] been issued.

When a Japanese aeroplane was destroyed yesterday by fire, killed and wounded by its explod approximately 50 Russians were

ing bombs.

MAILS VIA SIBERIA,

The Postmaster-General notifies us that the des patch of Malls by Siberia may be cancelled at any moment without further warning.

If this occasion arises such mails will be sent via Suez until and unless other Arrangements can be made.

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Little hopes is now entertained that any of the officers and crew of the abmarine have survivŘE, HEA disaster-British Wireless Service

delay, the summons would not be heard.

Inspector Alexander-The reason for the delay is that there has been: a lot of correspondence, and the 1.G.P. has been considering this case. My instructions to take out. summons, were from him" on January 20.

A Disadvantage. His Worship Of course, it put. constitute dangerous driving. the defence at rather a dis that the danger lay in the swerv-poned for as long.

Insp. Alexander pointed out advantage, if the case is post-

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ing to the left and not in regard: Replying, Insp. Alexander said that statements were taken from

A general engagement la ex.to speed.. i pected to-day.

A new force of Kirins is ad-like to know the reason for the de- occurrence. vancing along the Southern line lay in tesuing the summons. 'It His Worship (ta Mr. Lo)—Evi-, and is now within eight miles. was almost a month ago now since dently it was due to correspon- Twenty Japanese armoured-the application was made. He did dence or anything like that I cars, with trailers holding 650 not know what his Worship's ruling don't think in this case it was due men, are travelling by road and was in regard to traffic summonses, Ito negligence or anything like that. are now within 80 milea.

but his Worship's predecessor's I will proceed with the case.

Mr. Lo then said that he would the defenes immediately after the

All stations south of Yaomin ruling was that if a summons were The case was adjourned to: have been occupied by Japanese. taken out, on the ground of undue February 4 at 11:15 am.

It is reported that the Soviet authorities have protested against all rollingstock being withdrawn to Harbin.

SHANGHAT'S MOST DISAPPOINTED MAN.

One of the most disappointed zaen this morning is Mayor Wu Te-chen who, by accepting the Japanese demands, thought he had saved Chapel. He was criticised for his decision and in defence sadly declared::

There is a strong rumour that the Whangpoo, rose into the pitch- black night and roared across the General Ma Chan-shan is active- Settlement over Chapel whence ly supporting old Kirinites. came the terrific detonations of Reuter's Pacific Bervice. Reinforcements. exploding bombs. Some minutes previously fire showed in Chapel

Tokyo, To-day and this quickly grew to tremen According to messages from dous dimensions lighting up the Changchun to the Press, the first moonless, starless night with a and second Japanese military ruddy glare visible miles trains left Kuanchengtsu at 9 for around. The aeroplanes flew p.m. and 9,25 p.m. last night, re-

Four destroyers have been ordered to proceed to China from Manila. back and forth across the City spectively, for Harbin, while -Reuter's American Ser vice,

Shanghai, To-day.

Shortly before midnight the Japanese occupation of Chapei began "ace cording to plan:” Japanese marines lined up outside the barracks at Hong- kew Park with seven formidable armoured-cars warming up and twenty motor-lorries in readiness to transport the marines into Chinese territory.

The pavements were

ere crowded with Japanese residents.

foreigners were watching the operations.

Very few

zero hour the first four lorry loads moved off amid the wild of Japanese onlookers, while Japanese photograpners, all prepared, endless seri of flashlight photographs.

eers

and Settlement, and deep rear of third left Changchun at 115 this their engines being punctuated morning.

by the crack of rifles and the It is expected that the Japan fighting was very heavy. rattle of machine guns where ese will operate the C.E.R. branza

enter Harbin Reuter's Pacific Hue from Harbin to Changchun as soon as the Japanese troops Service, og ikke

At Death-Grip.

The scene from the top of Renter building was amazing One saw a peaceful,

Japanese Naval Forces lit Settlement around it but

Concentrating, three miles away of the heart of

Tokyo, To-day. congested Chapel tre was roar Three cruisers, two ing through building after build- carriers and four dest ing, while Chinese and Japanese bem ord

in's death tohe Baseba

"Because I am the servant of Greater Shanghai it is my duty to save Shanghai. I have sacrificed my personal feelings and disregard

personal honour or dishonour, praise or blame."

Yet within twelve hours this City is a ghastly battle-field w much of it going up in flames.

How Chapel Was Occupied.

all advanced into Chapel, while other.

The system of occupation consisted of dropping strong ments at street openings leading to Chapel,

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