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29TH ARMY'S HEAVY LOSSES Five Thousand Killed And Wounded Admitted

GROWING TENSION IN YANGTSZE VALLEY

JAPAN SENDING TROOPS TO HANKOW

Shanghai, To-day.

ANTI-BRITISH REPORT FABRICATED

Reports have been the British newspap Hitler, in an ex with Signor Mussol

event of a British

Publication of led to an "official" the reports are upon an învention

The casualties suffered by the 29th Route Army mised German in the fighting in North China amounted to 5,000 killed and wounded, including the second-in-com- mand of the Army Corps and the commander of the 132nd Division, according to an announcement from authoritative quarters.

The high losses sustained by the Chinese were due to the length of their line of defence, to the im- possibility of concentrating their troops in time to meet the Japanese thrust and to the superiority of the Japanese artillery, tanks and aeroplanes- Trans-Ocean.

SUNG CHEH-YUAN'S RESIGNATION

Feng Chi-an Appointed Successor

Nanking, To-day

SHANTUNG

NSION

Tsingtao, Over 2000 Japanese - moving from the interior tung are concert

They are making

attached to of the Japan- ̧

who Tokyo to

Tientsin

JAPANESE ARMY PROGRAMME

28 Divisions Needed For China

Tokyo, To-day.

ing" Concern over the cost of the in China imbroglio is felt military quarters as the General Staff is of the opinion pan must despatch twenty- divisions as well as adequate strength in sea and air forces to China otherwise no appreciable re- sult can be gained.

prep tions to return to Japan in the immediate

It has been estimated that the future, however indicating that no land forces will require 90,000,000 serious developments in the local yen per month, while the naval situation are expected for the time forces spend as much as 80,000,000 shek when the latter took his ex-being-Hua Nan

yen per month. pedition to the North in 1926, and he is known as the military "brain" of China. He is also the strongest in

anti-Japanese military leader

China, and his ambition in Nanking

is to cooperate in forming a plan to recover Peiping and Tientsin. It General Chin Teh chun, former is learned that General Pei has Mayor of Peiping, arrived in Nan- already formed a dare-to-die corp în king yesterday to report to the Kwangsi-Our Own Correspondent. Government the present situation of the 29th Army in North China. It is officially reported that the Nan-

LONG TALK

Nanking, To-day.

CENTRAL CHINA TENSION

Nanking Withdrawal -Causes Alarm -

Nanking, To-day. Tension has been increased in Central China since the Nanking Government advised the Government officials to remove their families from

king Government has accepted the The local press gives prominence the Capital, and reports of the se- resignation of General Sung Cheh-to the arrival here of General Pei cret transportation of Japanese yuan as the Commander-in-chief of Chung-hsi, from Kweilir.

troops to Hankow from Shanghai. the 29th Army, and General Feng

An important conference was held Our Own Correspondent. Chi-an, Commander of the 37th last evening under the presidency Division is appointed to act. Our of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, who was closeted for a long time with General Pei after the latter's ar rival-Hua Nan.

Own Correspondent.

PROVINCIAL SUPPORT

FOR NANKING

Nanking, To-day.

It is stated that General Lung

HANKOW EVACUATED

Hankow, To-day.

YANGTSZEREP

Japanese ships which have been commandeered for military pur poses number

over one hundred, and they are now busily transport- ing reinforcements and supplies to North China.

One division has been transport- fed to Formosa. -Da-Dao.

WANG CHING-WEI BROADCASTS China's Only Chance Is Resistance

Nanking, To-day. Addressing the Chinese people from the Central Broadcasting Sta- tion last night, Mr. Wang Ching- --Shanghai, To-day.

wei, President of the Central Poli- Japanese troops have been

tical Council, said that China had moving up the Yangtse from Shang one chance for her existence, arm- hai in the past few days. This ed resistance to the invader. state of things, according to Japan- He asked his fellow-countrymen ese explanation, is in accordance with "to be sincere, and take up the res-

seem

Yun, Governor of Yunnan, will go to The local Japanese colony consist-Admiral Hasegawa's "precautionary ponsibility." Nanking on Sunday, and General ing of seventy-three men and wo-measures."-Hua Nan Liu Hsiang, Governor of Szechuen, men are evacuating Hankow for

will go to Nanking on Monday next. Shanghai aboard a Japanese gun-RALLYING TO THE

-Our Own Correspondent.

AMOY TENSION

Japanese Warship Incident Alleged

boat under the supervision of the Japanese Consul, Mr. Takai.

Mr. Takai called on the Chinese authorities and explained that the evacuation was due to the tense atmosphere created by the recent

unfortunate incidents

in North

BANNER

Former Generals Due In Hong Kong

Manila, To-day

"We love peace, but the lover of peace must maintain peace. Other- wise it is no love but

empt for peace."

"We have to defend our own' in- terests, we cannot rely on others: any one other than ourselves is un- reliable. When a weak nation is invaded, she has to struggle alone: the longer she struggles the more Flying back to China to a assist in hopeful she is for her existence. The situation in Amoy is reported adequate protection would be ac-ese Generals who crossed the Pacific but we know that only through China He expressed the hope that their country's defence, two Gun-We know that China is weak, to be critical. It is alleged that the corded to Japanese-owned property from the United States by Pan-death have we a chance for exis- Chinese troops prevented the land-in Hankow Hua Nan ing of Japanese marines at the

American Airways, hopped off Hence Da Dao. port yesterday when two Japanese

morning for Hong Kong warships arrived.

Shanghai, To-day.

It is also stated that the people Fukien are boycotting Japanese goods. Our Own Correspondent.

PHI CHÚNG HSI IN NANKING

Strong Anti-Japanese

Inclination

Nanking, To-day

General Pei Chung-hai, second

the Kwangsi Army,

by air at 430

GENERAL EXODUS

Chungking, To-day. general exodus of Japanese sidents from Cheungtu and Chu Ling has commenced. The Japa

rying over 3

dred Japanes the whole the local Tap

left for Hanke Hua Nan!

AIR ACTIVITY

Japanese air China yesterday

ng and movemen

Kailway zone

Chier

few aro

ang

the

They are Ma Hsiang-wen and Ying hsiao, the Tientsin, who

fumer last

sul General

LULL IN NORTHE

No Easing Of Tensio Signified

The lull in

China, it is cons

interpreted as signifying

ng of the tension

According to official circles how ver, the door is not finally closed,

WEN-TIEN PROMOTED

Pao

and

Chang-hai has

charge of >succession

Da-Dao.

Moji

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