THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937.
NIGHT ATTACK AT LOTIEN Japanese Suffer Severe Casualties In Drive
SHANGHAI
CHOLERA
EPIDEMIC
Shanghai, To-day
BOTH SIDES PREPARE -AIR RAID ON
FOR JAPANESE
OFFENSIVE
Shanghai, To-day.
No change is reported in the opposing lines round Shanghai, and both sides are apparently In view of the weather having preparing for the new Japanese offensive, which is ly that the cholera epidemic expected to begin at the end of the week. (which has resulted so far in 659. cases) will diminish in intensity.
become cooler, it is thought like-
CANTON MISCARRIES
Canton, To-day.
The Japanese attempt to carry. out an air raid on Canton late last night was frustrated by a Can- tonese pursuit squadron, which in- tercepted the raiders several miles out of Canton.
There was a brief exchange of machine gun fire, but aerial fight-
In addition to fresh troops, the Japanese have The fact that no considerable also landed numerous tanks, designed, it is con- spread of the epidemic has been sidered, to play a major role in the coming fighting for an ore plots and the nee
observed in the past few days has
contributed to reassuring of the around Chapei. thousands of refugees in the for- eign areas.
the Chinese
Ja- ง panese escaped, dropping their bomos into empty fields.
The whole of Canton was black- ed out during the period of alarm.
Our Own Correspondent.
CONTINUOUS AIR
The Chinese are preparing, without much in- Sixty-five deaths from cholera terference, new defensive positions in rear of their have been reported among the Japanese troops in the Paoshan present lines, and the Chinese high command has district, on the Yangtse west of the also despatched four divisions to Pootung.
Pooting was in consequence severely bombed by Japanese planes and warships yesterday even-ATTACKS ON ing.
Whangpoo estuary, but it is believ-
ed that the epidemic is also declin- ing there-Trans-Ocean.
TUNG CHI UNIVERSITY TO MOVE
Shanghai, To-day.
A meeting of professors of the German-sponsored Tungchi Univer-
NANKING
The commanders of the British, American and
Berlin, To-day. French warships have again requested the Chin- ese and Japanese authorities to spare the foreign tinuously exposed to Japanese Life to-day in Nanking is con- Settlements during the fighting, and in particular aid attacks, according to a des- to instruct their anti-aircraft batteries not to fire cription by Paul Scheffer, form- over the Settlement.
Trans-Ocean.
BITTER LOTIEN FIGHTING
er editor-in-chief of the "Berlin- er Tageblatt," who is at present in Nanking, cabled to that paper. Practically the only thing people talk about in the capital, he says, is air attacks
is fortified for 2
Nanking
at-wide range round about the city, and
Shanghai, To-day. sity at Woosung, held in Shanghai It is understood that the Japanese troops are yesterday, decided to transfer the University from round Shanghai into the interior. tack on the new Chinese defence lines.
the fighting area being re-grouped in preparation for the coming Kinhua, in Chekiang Province,
way, has been chosen as the new seat of the University.
is surrounded by anti-aircraft guns and listening apparatus.
Machine-guns are
mounted even
in-and the public are now forbidden to
[stroll along the walls.
A. A. GUNS ACCURATE
on the Hangchow-Nanchang Rail- Fresh Japanese landings on the Yangtse, be-on the ancient walls of the capital,
tween Liuho and Lotien, indicate the Japanese Although the University build- tention to strengthen their right wing. ings have been badly damaged, Bitter fighting occurred in the Lotien sector been removed to Shanghai before during the night, when the Japanese are reported the outbreak of hostilities, so that to have pushed their front a few hundred metres the near future-Trans-Ocean. ahead but only at terrific cost.
most of the books and so en had.
work can be resumed at Kinhua în
ALHAMBRA
•SHOWING TO-DAY.
They let her play with headlines.......she'd have been safer with a gun!
FRED MACMURRAY FRANCES FARMER CHARLIE RUGGIES
EXCLUSIVE"
a Percomont Picture with LLOYD NOLAN FATHOLDEN RALPH MORGAN
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BLONDE TROUBLE”
re Whitney- Johnny Downs
Trans-Ocean.
JAPANESE LINES HEAVILY SHELLED
High Officer Reported Fatally Wounded
of
Herr Scheffer was an eye-witness the latest Japanese air raid on the
capital.
The Japanese bombers, he says, were not accompanied by pursuit planes, since the latter were unable to carry enough fuel for such a long
p
Herr Scheffer pays tribute to the accruracy of the Chinese A. A. guns. MADRID-COMPARISON Speculation is rife in Nanking, he ys, as to how long it will be before conditions in the capital become like the those Madrid
Shanghai, 10-day. The Japanese front North Szechuen Boad was jected to heavy shelling Chin ese artillery this morning
Air raid alarms, he says, are 2 customary feature of life in the city. There is enough rice but prices of An unconfirmed report states nearly all other foodstuffs have that the commander of the Jap-doubled anese marines was fatally Butter, which has to be imported wounded. Our Own Correspon-from Australia via Shanghai, is al- dent
most completely lacking now.
Ocean
JAPANESE SUFFER
HEAVY LOSSES
Night Attack Breaks Down
Shanghai, To-day-
A large-scale drive by the
panese on the Woosing Pa front took place late last night.
Police Seeking Information
At 720 pm on September 3, Chinese was knocked
killed by a motor car in the Castle Peak Road near Kiuking Street. At the time of the another car stationai
here was the east loon. The
second
cate
A Japanese spokesman this morn-of the road, facing ing declined to make any statement, driver or occupanta but the Chinese report that the car are requested Japanese suffered a severe defeat with the Trafic Department and retreated leaving hundreds of loon, as it is believed that material dead on the field-Our Own Cor-evidence can be given by them respondent
garding the
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