1937-09-27 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL,

TEMBER 27, 1931.

ANOTHER SEVERE CANTON RAID Hankow Railway Line Japanese Objective

RAIDERS GET BREEZY

RECEPTION

MANY PLANES OVER

CITY

Canton, 9.30 am., To-day.

Canton is being subjected to yet another Jap anese air raid, and it is feared with terrible results, as judging from the drone of machines in the sky, there are apparently a large number of planes.

Anti-aircraft guns are booming and the crash. of bombs can be heard.

Six Japanese planes were sighted earlier this

JAPANESE

-MYSTERY OF

PRESSING

SOUTH

AUSTRIAN EX-EMPRESS

Paris,

-A message from He “Le Soir” says that ex Zita of Austria a-rived at Hen- daye on Saturday.

She later proceeded where she was welcomed @by high Spanish Nationalist:

Considerable mystery the visit and rumeurS” SI ful-Trans-Ocean.

SOVIET'S

morning, three of them flying north-west of the "DETERMINED

city in the direction of the Hankow-Canton Rail-

Chinese A.A. guns gave the enemy a breezy re- ception, the thunder of their guns echoeing all over the city.

PROTEST"

Moscow, To-day.

The Soviet Foreign Office last night published the text of a deter- mined protest” delivered yesterday

The shells appear to be falling short of their in Tokyo by the Ambassador, M.

target.

Slavutsky, against the Japanese bombardment of Nanking and the

Everyone in Canton and Shameen is in a state Japanese request for evacuation of of tension. Reuter.

TWO NIGHT ALARMS

Canton, To-day.

Peiping, To-day.

the capture of Paoting- Japanese troops are pressing and a big clash with the

Government and provincial.. expected daily at Tai-

apanese troops from Tatung are coming into the battle from one

The Japanese claim to have oc- cupied Strahokiu, between Paoting- fu and Tsangchow. --

A Japanese spokesman says that troops of the 8th Route Army, for- merly the Communist Army, have been in action against the Japanese.

Own Correspondent.

FIFTEEN JAPANESE

WARSHIPS

Seen Off South China

Coast

Canton, To-day. Scouting planes sent out by the the Soviet Embassy there.

Canton Air Force yesterday after- The Soviet Note again asserted noon reported, on their return, that the determination of the Soviet Am-15 Japanese warships were sighted bassador to remain in Nanking, and cruising along the South China warned the Japanese that they Coast qu will be held fully responsible for Two transports were also seen

acts."

mosa. Our Own Correspondent.

Two air raid alarms plunged the weary popu-any consequences of these illegal coming from the direction of For- lace into suspense all night until the all clear was sounded at 6.45 this morning.

· Tokyo, To-day.

.Japanese reports from Shanghai that Chinese aeroplanes are mas- querading as Japanese and are pre- Only a single Japanese plane made an appear- Soviet, Embassy, in the hope of in-

paring a special bombardment of the JAPANESE CLAIM ance over Canton between 3.30 and 4 o'clock this volving the Soviet in the Sino-Japan- morning, loosing off two, and possibly more, bombs ese conflict, are countered by in the eastern district, which appeared to land in warning that Japan will be held Chinese War Office was "smashed to fields near the aerodrome. Official details cannot Reuter. be obtained.

2. It is afficially claimed that the

responsible for any bombardment.-pieces" in Saturday's air raid on

Nanking. Reuter.

There is a possibility of considerable aerial acti- vity over Canton in the next few days, in view of STRAIN ON FOREIGN WOMEN the Japanese official intimation of their intention of bombing the Hankow-Canton Railway, which, while it is claimed to be essential from a military viewpoint, would react seriously on the foreign communities and gunboats on the Yangtse River, practically bottling them up from the outside world, or at least severely curtailing their food and other supplies.

Apart from the unfortunate plight of the Chin- under the circumstances, the continued Japanese ese, who are bearing up as well as can be expected visitations are beginning to affect the foreign com- munity in Shameen, in as much as there is a severe

RAILWAY AREAS DESERTED

ave been dragged from their beds twice a night on women and children, a number of whom

to take cover in specified refuge buildings.

The special police, who have been called out at In the past few days the area adjacent to the all hours to assist the regular Indian police to keep Canton-Hankow Railway terminus has presented order on the island and to prevent an inrush of a deserted appearance after the many alarms.

Chinese, are only able to snatch very slight periods **The section at Tungshan, where the recent of sleep before facing their usual office exigencies.

slaughter of non-combatants occurred, presents a similar appearance.

Due to the frequent alarms, these volunteers, who wear tin hats and special police armlets and Meanwhile, it is reiterated that Shameen Is-are armed with long sticks, now provide themselves land, with British, French and American gunboats with deck chairs and coffee for all-night vigils on standing by, is safe from the present hostilities and the British Bridge, the walls and roof of which are accidents from shrapnel are most unlikely in view heavily sandbagged for protection against shrap- of the precautions taken.

Inel Reuter