GREAT BATTLE IN NORTH CHINA STILL RAGING
Japanese Advance Brought To Halt In Heavy Clash
JAPANESE RUSH MUKDEN REINFORCEMENTS BUT DENY UPRISING REPORTS
Peiping, To-day.
Fierce fighting continues in the great battle in North China, with the Chinese making the most desperate resistance against the overwhelming mechanical equipment of the Japanese east of the Peiping- Hankow Railway.
FORMER
CHINA HAND'S
ESTATE
London, To-day.
Sir Cecil Hanbury, formerly a partner in the well-known China. firm of merchants, who died in
·June, left: estate valued at £638,- 000, most of it to his family,
It is stipulated that any bene- ficiary becoming a Roman Catho- lic will forfeit interest under the... Will-Reuter.
FRENCH "COWL WEARERS"
Paris, To-day.
President Roosevelt's aged ther, who at present is visiting Europe, was yesterday received by President Albert Lebrunat summer residence.
his
A dinner given by President Lebrun in Mrs. Roosevelt's honour was attended, among others, by the Minister of Finance, M. Georges lished in Tokyo late last night in-Ambassador to the United States, Semi-official communiques pub-Bonnet, who was formerly French
in
dicate that the earlier blood baths and the American Ambassador have given way to only minor skir-Paris, Mr. William Bullitt Trans-
Ocean.
In spite of withering fire from a Chinese divi-mishing sion, the Japanese claim they managed to cross the Main events yesterday consisted difficult Chuma River by moonlight and are prepar- of Japanese harassing of the Chin- ing to advance on the railway.
Meanwhile, Japanese planes are exciting curiosity. showering pamphlets urging the Chinese troops to retire south of the Yellow River and spare the country the horrors of war.`
Snow has begun to fall in Shan- si, increasing the difficulties of the campaign.
ese lines of communication from the air.
TROOP TRAINS BOMBED
Several Japanese armoured trains are also reported to have run along branch lines and to have shelled the Chinese rear.
The clipper from Manila has been delayed owing to engine trouble. Ordinary mail will now close at 6 am to-morrow. Registered mail will be received up to 5 p.m. this evening.
A local Japanese army spokes- man, however, emphatically den- ies the reports of unrest among Manchukuo (Chinese) troops. The spokesman declares that the Russo-Manchurian frontier is quite
Two Chinese troop trains adequately protected, and that the bombed about 10 kilometres south Sakukai, who was formerly Japan- new troops are intended to rein-
were
of Chochow, another at Tinghsien
MUKDEN REINFORCEMENTS Arrival of thousands of fresh Ja-force those in North China-Reu-and another near Tailitien. panese in Mukden from Japan ister.
SHANTUNG INVASION NEAR
Peiping, To-day.
Blockade of the port of Haichow,terminus of the Lunghai Railway, enforced by Japanese war-
Japanese communiques contain no- thing of the results achieved in the bombing, but Chinese reports state that the bombs missed their mark.
LEAFLET WAR
Chinese 88th Army containing proclamation signed by Lieut.-COL
ese adviser to that army, urging the
Chinese to retreat south of the Yellow River.
Other leaflets were scattered over the Chinese irregulars commanded by Generals Wan Fu-lin and Feng Esen-hai.
These leaflets urge the irregulars to retire south and state that the After dropping bombs on Paoting-Japanese only wish to fight Central
ships yesterday, is interpreted by political circles tu yesterday, Japanese planes scat Government troops and not irregular as the beginning of further large-scale action in tered leaflets over the lines of the forces-Trans-Ocean. North China.
It is believed that Shantung, which hitherto has been spared warfare, will now also come into the theatre of war. · Trans-Ocean:
"GOING TO PLAN”
Japanese Pinning Hopes On Mechanised Units
Tientsin, To-day.
YELLOW RIVER
Acknowledged As Tokyo Objective
Tokyo, To-day:
Japanese military circles in The War Office reports that the Tientsin claim that the North Japanese troops in North China, in China battle is going to plan. their first drive, gained about 20 The new Japanese Commander-kilometres on their left flank to in-Chief, General Terauchi, îs ap- the east of the Peiping-Hankow parently using all means to reach Railway. the Yellow River as soon as possi- ble.
The Japanese pin their hopes on their mechanised units,, the full force of which will be felt when
the rains are over.
The Japanese also hope that they will only be opposed by provincial troops, of whom there are reported to be 300,000 opposing them, as General Chiang Kai-shek has con- centrated his crack divisions at Shanghais
For the first time the Japanese i high
command yesterday announc-
the capture of Chinese war. material
The advance is credited entirely to the air force, the mechanised units and artillery...
object of the offensive is to drive Informed quarters reiterate that
right down to the Yellow River. Trans-Ocean.
JAPANESE ATTACK
HALTED
No Further Progress In N. China
Tokyo, To-day. Following their earlier rapid suc-
They claim that at the depot at cesses in the big battle in the Pei- Tatung they found 500,000 rounds ping-Hankow Railway region, the
of ammunition, 5,000 grenades and 500 mines.
Ocean.
hand Japanese advance seems to have been Trans-held up and they have made no
Isubstantial progress.
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