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THE CHINA MAIL

CHINESE SUMMARY OF NORTH CHINA SITUATION

الشاوية

Nanking Yesterday.

FRANCE AND MUSSOLINI SPEECH

Paris, Yesterday.

Signor Mussolini's speech at Palermo yesterday, in which he. reviewed Italy's relations with While all eyes are focussed on Britain and France and attack- the sanguinary history being ed the League of Nations, meets made in Shanghai, repeated ef-with a very critical reception in forts have been made by the the French Left Wing press but Japanese in North China to dis-is favourably commented upon lodge Chinese troops from their by the Right Wing newspapers. positions in the mountainous It is emphasised throughout, crags of Nankow, significant de- however, that Signor Mussolini is velopments have been apparent endeavouring to bring about a in southern Chahar, and

general relaxation of tension in siderable speculation has follow-Europe, and satisfaction is ex- ed, the order that all Japanese pressed that the Duce made in Tsingtao must evacuate by special references to Franco- to-day.

Italian relations.

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Though the North China situa- Thus the Rightist paper. "Le tion has been in the background, Jour regards the Duce's remarks neither the Chinese nor the Japan as an expression of a desire for ese have been idle since the Ja-collaboration: panese employed General Chang Tze-chung as the key to open the gates of the Old Capital, and brought "peace" to the city on July 29.

Japanese troops in the Peiping Tientsin area have made several attempts to cross the Yungting River which separates the Tientsin Pukow from the Peiping-Haukow line.

Aside from these unsuccessful sorties, the Japanese have con- tented themselves with holding their positions.

GORY FIGHTING

REALITY

Signor Mussolini has paved the way for closer co-operation be tween Italy and France, says the paper, inasmuch as he declared that he demands from the League of Nations only recognition of an established fact, namely, the death of Abyssinia

This demand does not come into conflict with reality.

A similar view is expressed by "Figaro," which believes it neces- sary to remind Italy that a great Power which has definite rights has also corresponding obliga-..... tions, the first of which consists in maintaining a stable course în diplomacy.

At Nankow and in southern Chahar, however, the story is more

POPULAIRE, CAUSTIC spectacular. Battles fought in these two sectors during the past "Populaire" treats the speech in few days have been less bitter and very caustic words, declaring that bloody than the hostilities in the Duce used very offensive ex- Shanghai.

pressions and even went as far

In attacks on Nankow, Japanese las to atter threats by stressing the artillery has incessantly pounded solidarity of the Berlin-Rome axis.

the Chinese entrenchments in the rocky clefts of the pass and planes have rained bombs, with insign

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it

“One must also ask whether

is a peaceful declaration when Signor Mussolini an-

nounces that he will tolerate

neither Bolshevism nor any. thing similar in the Mediter- ranean?

ficant effect on the scattered for- mations of the Chinese lines. Hun- dreds of casualties have been in- |flicted on each side, however, as

The international situation is Chinese machine-guns stubbornly

beyond doubt determined by resisted wave after wave of Jap-Italy's attitude towards Spain." anese infantry assaults.

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The paper finally calls the couver Independent sources give the speech a "warlike proclamation." Victoria numbers of Japanese and Chinese -Trans-Ocean.

Arrive

troops fighting around the area as

Sept. 8 Sept. 10 Sept 17 Sept. 22 between 60 and 30 thousand res-

TO MANILA

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pectively. The 12,000 odd Japan- ese troops said to be fighting in Oct. 19 Shanghai are small by comparison with the forces engaged in North China.

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Harvesting in Germany

Berlin, To-day.

Faced again with a shortage of Reports earlier to the effect that harvest workers, Germany has Japanese forces had gained control been obliged once again to recruit of the pass have been contradicted a large number of agricultural la by subsequent developments which bourers from neighbouring coun- indicate that the Chinese are still tries, particularly from Poland, fin full control of the situation. Austria and Czecho-Slovakia.

Trans-Ocean.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

Meanwhile in southern Chahar, developments of equally significant nature, not described by front-line correspondents, have been taking place. Shangtu, Chapser, Changper and Shangyi, all strategic cities in the southern part of the six Chahar istricts that composed the Japan red = "Mongol-Manchukui

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their campaign in the remaining districts.

TSINGTAO TENSION Finally, the shooting of a Japan- ese marine în Tsingtao, has creat- ed a very tense situation, negotia- tions having terminated without a satisfactory solution, despite the efforts of the American consu

Japanese in

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